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North Ronaldsay to Kirkwall ferry times and today's sailings

No departures today.

Next: Sat 31 Oct 11:10
Crossing time
3 h 10 min
Sailings a week
1

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0 ships at sea
North RonaldsayKirkwall

Punctuality: 0 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Orkney Ferries13 h 10 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in North Ronaldsay
Sun 25 Oct – Fri 30 OctNo sailings
Sat 31 Oct11:10

Timetable published from 24 Oct 2026 to 1 May 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Kirkwall
KirkwallWind from W 31–32 knBeaufort 7 · near galegusts 33 knwaves 1.7–1.8 m9 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 4.4 kmWind from W 12–30 knBeaufort 4–7 · near galegusts 36 knwaves 0.4–2.0 m9–13 °Cprecipitation up to 3.7 mm/hvisibility down to 2.0 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 North Ronaldsay to Kirkwall today?

There are no sailings today. The next one is on Sat 31 Oct 11:10.

How long is the ferry from North Ronaldsay to Kirkwall?

The crossing takes 3 h 10 min.

Which ferry companies sail from North Ronaldsay to Kirkwall?

The route is operated by Orkney Ferries.

How often does the ferry from North Ronaldsay to Kirkwall run?

1 sailing is scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

In the coming week, Orkney Ferries has only one sailing from North Ronaldsay to Kirkwall, on Saturday at 11:10.

The crossing takes 3 h 10 min.

Kirkwall can also be reached by ferry from Shapinsay, Rapness, Sanday and 2 more. The return crossing from Kirkwall to North Ronaldsay has the same number of sailings a week.

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