Out Skerries to Whalsay ferry times and today's sailings

Shetland Ferries · 1 h 15 min

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Next departure · Tomorrow

16:15

Scheduled

Shetland Ferries

Tomorrow’s sailings

Updated 21:01

16:15Shetland FerriesScheduled

First sailing: 12:30; usual time
Last sailing: 19:00; usual time
Crossing time: 1 h 15 min; 1 h 10 min to 1 h 30 min
Sailings a week: 6

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0 ships at sea

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	6	1 h 10 min – 1 h 30 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Out Skerries

Sun 25 Oct, Wed 28 Oct	No sailings
Mon 26 Oct	16:15
Tue 27 Oct	17:00
Thu 29 Oct	18:00
Fri 30 Oct	19:00
Sat 31 Oct	12:3019:00

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
Whalsay
Whalsay	Wind from NW 13–20 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 29 knwaves 1.6–1.9 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 Out Skerries to Whalsay today?

There are no sailings today. The next one is on Mon 26 Oct 16:15.

How long is the ferry from Out Skerries to Whalsay?

The crossing takes 1 h 15 min, between 1 h 10 min and 1 h 30 min depending on the sailing.

Which ferry companies sail from Out Skerries to Whalsay?

The route is operated by Shetland Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from Out Skerries to Whalsay?

The first ferry usually leaves at 12:30 and the last at 19:00, local time in Out Skerries.

How often does the ferry from Out Skerries to Whalsay run?

6 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

In the coming week, Shetland Ferries sails from Out Skerries to Whalsay on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 1 to 2 times a day. The first departure is usually at 12:30 and the last at 19:00.

The crossing takes 1 h 15 min, between 1 h 10 min and 1 h 30 min depending on the sailing.

From Out Skerries, ferries also sail to Vidlin, Lerwick and Laxo. Whalsay can also be reached by ferry from Laxo. In the other direction, from Whalsay to Out Skerries, there are 5 sailings a week.

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