Harwich to Shotley Gate ferry times and today's sailings
Harwich Harbour Ferry · 7 min · 6 sailings today
Next departure · Tomorrow
Scheduled
Tomorrow’s sailings
- First sailing
- 09:50
- usual time
- Last sailing
- 15:50
- usual time
- Crossing time
- 7 min
- Sailings a week
- 42
Punctuality: 0 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure
Operators on this route
| Operator | Sailings in the next 7 days | Crossing time |
|---|---|---|
| Harwich Harbour Ferry | 42 | 7 min – 10 min |
Timetable
| Sun 25 Oct – Sat 31 Oct | 09:5010:5011:5013:5014:5015:50 |
|---|
Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
|---|---|---|
| Harwich | ||
| Harwich | Wind from W 18–19 knBeaufort 5gusts 23 knwaves 0.9 m9–10 °C | Wind from SW 12–22 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 26 knwaves 0.5–1.6 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 0.7 mm/hvisibility down to 4.3 km |
| Shotley Gate | ||
| Shotley Gate | Wind from W 18–19 knBeaufort 5gusts 28 knwaves 0.9 m9–10 °C | Wind from SW 12–22 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 30 knwaves 0.5–1.5 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 0.7 mm/hvisibility down to 4.2 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 Harwich to Shotley Gate today?
There are 6 sailings today from Harwich to Shotley Gate: the first at 09:50, the last at 15:50.
How long is the ferry from Harwich to Shotley Gate?
The crossing takes 7 min.
Which ferry companies sail from Harwich to Shotley Gate?
The route is operated by Harwich Harbour Ferry.
What time is the first and last ferry from Harwich to Shotley Gate?
The first ferry usually leaves at 09:50 and the last at 15:50, local time in Harwich.
How often does the ferry from Harwich to Shotley Gate run?
42 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.
About this route
Harwich Harbour Ferry currently sails from Harwich to Shotley Gate 6 times a day, every day. The first departure is usually at 09:50 and the last at 15:50.
The crossing takes 7 min.
From Harwich, ferries also sail to Felixstowe. Shotley Gate can also be reached by ferry from Felixstowe. The return crossing from Shotley Gate to Harwich has the same number of sailings a week.
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Ports
- Harwich: departures and arrivals todaydeparture port
- Shotley Gate: departures and arrivals todayarrival port
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