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Lymington to Yarmouth ferry times and today's sailings

Wightlink · 40 min · 15 sailings today · 6.3 km

Return: Ferry times from Yarmouth to Lymington
First sailing
06:05
usual time
Last sailing
21:00
usual time
Crossing time
40 min
Sailings a week
107
Distance
6.3 km
3.4 nmi

Map

0 ships at sea
LymingtonYarmouth

Punctuality

125 sailings · 30 days · average delay 2 min

On time
96%
120
Late
4%
5
  • On time (up to 5 min): 120 (96%)
  • 5–15 min late: 5 (4%)
  • Half of the departures leave within 1 min of the scheduled time.

Network average, United Kingdom: 86% on time over 2,615 sailings.

Punctuality of every measured routeHow we measure

Delays today6 sailings measured so far today
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Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Wightlink10740 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Lymington
Sun 25 Oct, Sat 31 Oct06:0507:5009:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:0021:00
Mon 26 Oct, Fri 30 Oct06:0506:5007:5009:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:0021:00
Tue 27 Oct – Thu 29 Oct06:0506:5007:5009:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:00

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 31 Jul 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Lymington
LymingtonWind from W 19–20 knBeaufort 5gusts 22 knwaves 1.4–1.5 m11 °CWind from SW 13–25 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 37 knwaves 1.3–1.8 m11–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.9 mm/hvisibility down to 4.2 km
Mid-crossing
Mid-crossingWind from W 25 knBeaufort 6 · strong breezewaves 1.4 m13 °CWind from SW 19–28 knBeaufort 5–7 · near galegusts 30 knwaves 1.3–1.8 m13–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 4.4 km
Yarmouth
YarmouthWind from W 25 knBeaufort 6 · strong breezewaves 1.9–2.0 m13 °CWind from SW 19–28 knBeaufort 5–7 · near galegusts 30 knwaves 1.8–2.3 m13–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 4.4 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 Lymington to Yarmouth today?

There are 15 sailings today from Lymington to Yarmouth: the first at 06:05, the last at 21:00.

How long is the ferry from Lymington to Yarmouth?

The crossing takes 40 min.

Which ferry companies sail from Lymington to Yarmouth?

The route is operated by Wightlink.

What time is the first and last ferry from Lymington to Yarmouth?

The first ferry usually leaves at 06:05 and the last at 21:00, local time in Lymington.

How often does the ferry from Lymington to Yarmouth run?

107 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Wightlink currently sails from Lymington to Yarmouth every day, 15 to 16 times a day. The first departure is usually at 06:05 and the last at 21:00; on the busiest days most departures are an hour apart.

The crossing covers 6.3 km (3.4 nmi) and takes 40 min.

Wight Sky and Wight Sun have sailed this route in the last 30 days. The return crossing from Yarmouth to Lymington has the same number of sailings a week.

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