Laxo to Whalsay ferry times and today's sailings
Shetland Ferries · 30 min · 12 sailings today
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Scheduled
- First sailing
- 05:30
- usual time
- Last sailing
- 23:30
- usual time
- Crossing time
- 30 min
- Sailings a week
- 127
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 | 127 | 30 min |
Timetable
| Sun 25 Oct | 05:3007:0008:3010:3012:0014:0015:3017:0018:3020:3022:0023:30 |
|---|---|
| Mon 26 Oct | 05:3007:0007:4508:3009:3510:3010:4511:1512:0012:4514:0014:4515:3016:1517:0017:5518:3020:3022:0023:30 |
| Tue 27 Oct – Thu 29 Oct | 05:3007:0007:4508:3009:3510:3011:1512:0012:4514:0014:4515:3016:1517:0017:5518:3020:3022:0023:30 |
| Fri 30 Oct | 00:3005:3007:0007:4508:3009:3510:3011:1512:0012:4514:0014:4515:3016:1517:0017:5518:3020:3022:0023:30 |
| Sat 31 Oct | 00:3005:3007:0007:4508:3009:3510:3011:1512:0014:0015:3016:1517:0017:5518:3020:3022:0023:30 |
Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
|---|---|---|
| Laxo | ||
| Laxo | Wind from NW 20–21 knBeaufort 5gusts 33 knwaves 1.6–1.7 m10 °Cvisibility down to 4.1 km | Wind from W 9–29 knBeaufort 3–7 · near galegusts 44 knwaves 0.6–2.6 m9–11 °Cprecipitation up to 1.3 mm/hvisibility down to 2.4 km |
| Whalsay | ||
| Whalsay | Wind from NW 19–20 knBeaufort 5gusts 29 knwaves 1.6–1.8 m10 °Cvisibility down to 4.7 km | Wind from SE 12–30 knBeaufort 4–7 · near galegusts 42 knwaves 0.6–2.4 m9–11 °Cprecipitation up to 1.2 mm/hvisibility down to 2.8 km |
Forecast issued 25 Oct, 15:08. 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 Laxo to Whalsay today?
There are 12 sailings today from Laxo to Whalsay: the first at 05:30, the last at 23:30.
How long is the ferry from Laxo to Whalsay?
The crossing takes 30 min.
Which ferry companies sail from Laxo to Whalsay?
The route is operated by Shetland Ferries.
What time is the first and last ferry from Laxo to Whalsay?
The first ferry usually leaves at 05:30 and the last at 23:30, local time in Laxo.
How often does the ferry from Laxo to Whalsay run?
127 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.
About this route
Shetland Ferries currently sails from Laxo to Whalsay every day, 12 to 20 times a day. The first departure is usually at 05:30 and the last at 23:30.
The crossing takes 30 min. In the next 14 days, 14 of the 254 sailings arrive the day after they leave.
From Laxo, ferries also sail to Out Skerries. Whalsay can also be reached by ferry from Out Skerries. In the other direction, from Whalsay to Laxo, there are 126 sailings a week.
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Ports
- Laxo: departures and arrivals todaydeparture port
- Whalsay: departures and arrivals todayarrival port
Related routes
Return crossing
- Whalsay → Laxo30 min
More ferries from Laxo
- Laxo → Out Skerries1 h 30 min
More ferries to Whalsay
- Out Skerries → Whalsay1 h 20 min
Other Shetland Ferries routes
- Gutcher → Belmont (Unst)10 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.