Out Skerries to Laxo ferry times and today's sailings
Shetland Ferries · 1 h 20 min
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Scheduled
Tomorrow’s sailings
- Crossing time
- 1 h 20 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shetland Ferries | 1 | 1 h 20 min |
Timetable
| Sun 25 Oct, Tue 27 Oct – Sat 31 Oct | No sailings |
|---|---|
| Mon 26 Oct | 09:20 |
Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
|---|---|---|
| Out Skerries | ||
| Out Skerries | Wind from NW 19–22 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 29 knwaves 2.3–2.7 m10–11 °Cprecipitation up to 0.1 mm/h | Wind from SE 13–32 knBeaufort 4–7 · near galegusts 43 knwaves 1.1–3.3 m10–11 °Cprecipitation up to 1.2 mm/hvisibility down to 2.7 km |
| Laxo | ||
| Laxo | Wind from NW 15–21 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 33 knwaves 1.6–1.9 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 |
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 Out Skerries to Laxo today?
There are no sailings today. The next one is on Mon 26 Oct 09:20.
How long is the ferry from Out Skerries to Laxo?
The crossing takes 1 h 20 min.
Which ferry companies sail from Out Skerries to Laxo?
The route is operated by Shetland Ferries.
How often does the ferry from Out Skerries to Laxo run?
1 sailing is scheduled in the next 7 days.
About this route
In the coming week, Shetland Ferries has only one sailing from Out Skerries to Laxo, on Monday at 09:20.
The crossing takes 1 h 20 min.
From Out Skerries, ferries also sail to Vidlin, Whalsay and Lerwick. Laxo can also be reached by ferry from Whalsay. The return crossing from Laxo to Out Skerries has the same number of sailings a week.
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Ports
- Out Skerries: departures and arrivals todaydeparture port
- Laxo: departures and arrivals todayarrival port
Related routes
Return crossing
- Laxo → Out Skerries1 h 30 min
More ferries from Out Skerries
- Out Skerries → Vidlin1 h 30 min
- Out Skerries → Whalsay1 h 20 min
- Out Skerries → Lerwick2 h 30 min
More ferries to Laxo
- Whalsay → Laxo30 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.