Grutness to Fair Isle ferry times and today's sailings
Shetland Ferries · 2 h 40 min
Return: Ferry times from Fair Isle to Grutness- Crossing time
- 2 h 40 min
- Sailings a week
- 1
Map
Punctuality: 0 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure
Operators on this route
| Operator | Sailings in the next 7 days | Crossing time |
|---|---|---|
| Shetland Ferries | 1 | 2 h 40 min |
Timetable
| Sun 25 Oct – Mon 26 Oct, Wed 28 Oct – Sat 31 Oct | No sailings |
|---|---|
| Tue 27 Oct | 11:30 |
Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
|---|---|---|
| Grutness | ||
| Grutness | Wind from NW 22–29 knBeaufort 6–7 · near galegusts 45 knwaves 4.9–6.1 m11 °Cprecipitation up to 1.2 mm/hvisibility down to 3.3 km | Wind from W 14–34 knBeaufort 4–8 · galegusts 49 knwaves 3.0–6.8 m10–12 °Cprecipitation up to 1.5 mm/hvisibility down to 2.9 km |
| Fair Isle | ||
| Fair Isle | Wind from NW 36–40 knBeaufort 8 · galegusts 52 knwaves 5.3–6.6 m11 °Cprecipitation up to 0.6 mm/hvisibility down to 4.9 km | Wind from W 17–42 knBeaufort 5–9 · strong galegusts 56 knwaves 3.0–7.0 m10–13 °Cprecipitation up to 1.6 mm/hvisibility down to 2.3 km |
Forecast issued 25 Oct, 12:08. 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 Grutness to Fair Isle today?
There are no sailings today. The next one is on Tue 27 Oct 11:30.
How long is the ferry from Grutness to Fair Isle?
The crossing takes 2 h 40 min.
Which ferry companies sail from Grutness to Fair Isle?
The route is operated by Shetland Ferries.
How often does the ferry from Grutness to Fair Isle run?
1 sailing is scheduled in the next 7 days.
About this route
In the coming week, Shetland Ferries has only one sailing from Grutness to Fair Isle, on Tuesday at 11:30.
The crossing takes 2 h 40 min.
The return crossing from Fair Isle to Grutness has the same number of sailings a week.
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Ports
- Grutness: departures and arrivals todaydeparture port
- Fair Isle: departures and arrivals todayarrival port
Related routes
Return crossing
- Fair Isle → Grutness2 h 40 min
Other Shetland Ferries routes
- Gutcher → Belmont (Unst)10 min
- Belmont (Unst) → Gutcher10 min
- Lerwick → Bressay7 min
Sources and licences
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Timetables: Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport). · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0Feed last read on 25 Oct 2026.
Timetable last changed on 5 Oct 2026.