Gedser to Rostock ferry times and today's sailings

Scandlines · 2 h · 8 sailings today · 48.4 km

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Scheduled

Scandlines

Today’s sailings

Updated 19:24

Earlier sailings

First sailing: 01:45; usual time
Last sailing: 22:30; usual time
Crossing time: 2 h
Sailings a week: 63
Distance: 48.4 km; 26.1 nmi

Map

3 ships at sea

Punctuality: 0 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

Operator	Sailings in the next 7 days	Crossing time
Scandlines	63	2 h

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Gedser

Sun 25 Oct	06:4509:0011:1513:3015:4518:0020:1522:30
Mon 26 Oct	01:4503:4006:4509:0011:1513:3015:4518:0020:1522:30
Tue 27 Oct – Fri 30 Oct	01:4506:4509:0011:1513:3015:4518:0020:1522:30
Sat 31 Oct	03:0006:4509:0011:1513:3015:4518:0020:1522:30

Timetable published from 24 Oct 2026 to 25 Dec 2026.

Weather at sea

Place	TodaySun 25 Oct	TomorrowMon 26 Oct
Gedser
Gedser	Wind from SW 23–30 knBeaufort 6–7 · near galegusts 45 knwaves 1.9–2.1 m11 °Cprecipitation up to 1.7 mm/h	Wind from SW 18–32 knBeaufort 5–7 · near galegusts 44 knwaves 1.0–2.2 m10–11 °Cprecipitation up to 0.1 mm/h
Mid-crossing
Mid-crossing	Wind from SW 29–34 knBeaufort 7–8 · galegusts 45 knwaves 2.2–2.4 m11–12 °Cprecipitation up to 1.2 mm/h	Wind from SW 17–32 knBeaufort 5–7 · near galegusts 43 knwaves 1.0–2.5 m11–12 °C
Rostock
Rostock	Wind from SW 16–19 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 33 knwaves 1.5–1.8 m10 °Cprecipitation up to 0.5 mm/h	Wind from SW 7–18 knBeaufort 3–5gusts 31 knwaves 0.6–1.9 m8–11 °C

Forecast issued 25 Oct, 13:09. It doesn’t tell whether a sailing will run: that is up to the operator.

Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). Licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Wind converted from m/s to knots and the Beaufort scale. Waves come from the nearest sea point of MET’s ocean model, which covers north-west Europe only; gusts only where MET forecasts them (the Nordic area).Weather data by Open-Meteo.com. Licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Models ECMWF IFS and ECMWF WAM (© ECMWF, CC BY 4.0), 9 km grid: wind in knots converted to the Beaufort scale, temperature at sea level, precipitation (rain, showers and snow) as the hourly total shown for the hour it falls in, waves and mean wave period from the model’s nearest sea point, visibility shown only below 5 km; nearby places in the same grid cell share the same figures.Daily lows and highs, and the hour with the most precipitation, worked out by ferrywhere. Each figure comes from MET Norway where MET forecasts it, otherwise from Open-Meteo.

Questions about this route

How many ferries are there from Gedser to Rostock today?

There are 8 sailings today from Gedser to Rostock: the first at 06:45, the last at 22:30.

How long is the ferry from Gedser to Rostock?

The crossing takes 2 h.

Which ferry companies sail from Gedser to Rostock?

The route is operated by Scandlines.

What time is the first and last ferry from Gedser to Rostock?

The first ferry usually leaves at 01:45 and the last at 22:30, local time in Gedser.

How often does the ferry from Gedser to Rostock run?

63 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Scandlines currently sails from Gedser to Rostock every day, 8 to 10 times a day. The first departure is usually at 01:45 and the last at 22:30.

The crossing covers 48.4 km (26.1 nmi) and takes 2 h. In the next 14 days, 14 of the 98 sailings arrive the day after they leave. The route links Denmark and Germany.

The published timetable changes on 1 November 2026: from then on there are 35 sailings a week, compared with 63 before. Kasper Ohm and Nordstjernen have sailed this route in the last 30 days. The return crossing from Rostock to Gedser has the same number of sailings a week.

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