Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay ferry times and today's sailings
Orkney Ferries · 2 h 40 min
Return: Ferry times from North Ronaldsay to Kirkwall- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Orkney Ferries | 1 | 2 h 40 min |
Timetable
| Sun 25 Oct – Fri 30 Oct | No sailings |
|---|---|
| Sat 31 Oct | 08:00 |
Timetable published from 24 Oct 2026 to 1 May 2027.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkwall | ||
| Kirkwall | Wind from NW 30–34 knBeaufort 7–8 · galegusts 41 knwaves 1.7–1.9 m9 °Cprecipitation up to 1.2 mm/hvisibility down to 3.2 km | Wind from W 12–30 knBeaufort 4–7 · near galegusts 38 knwaves 0.4–2.0 m9–12 °Cprecipitation up to 3.8 mm/hvisibility down to 1.9 km |
Forecast issued 25 Oct, 12:13. 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 Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay today?
There are no sailings today. The next one is on Sat 31 Oct 08:00.
How long is the ferry from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay?
The crossing takes 2 h 40 min.
Which ferry companies sail from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay?
The route is operated by Orkney Ferries.
How often does the ferry from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay run?
1 sailing is scheduled in the next 7 days.
About this route
In the coming week, Orkney Ferries has only one sailing from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay, on Saturday at 08:00.
The crossing takes 2 h 40 min.
Varagen has sailed this route in the last 30 days. From Kirkwall, ferries also sail to Shapinsay, Rapness, Sanday and 2 more. The return crossing from North Ronaldsay to Kirkwall has the same number of sailings a week.
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Ports and ships
Ports
- Kirkwall: departures and arrivals todaydeparture port
- North Ronaldsay: departures and arrivals todayarrival port
Related routes
Return crossing
- North Ronaldsay → Kirkwall3 h 10 min
More ferries from Kirkwall
- Kirkwall → Shapinsay25 min
- Kirkwall → Rapness1 h 25 min
- Kirkwall → Sanday1 h 25 min
- Kirkwall → Stronsay1 h 40 min
- Kirkwall → Papa Westray2 h 5 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 24 Oct 2026.