Papa Westray to Kirkwall ferry times and today's sailings

Orkney Ferries · 2 h 35 min

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No departures today.

Next: Tue 27 Oct 16:00

Kirkwall → Papa Westray

Usual departure: 13:00; usual time
Crossing time: 2 h 35 min; 1 h 50 min to 3 h 20 min
Sailings a week: 2

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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
Orkney Ferries	2	1 h 50 min – 3 h 20 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Papa Westray

Sun 25 Oct – Mon 26 Oct, Wed 28 Oct – Thu 29 Oct, Sat 31 Oct	No sailings
Tue 27 Oct	16:00
Fri 30 Oct	13:00

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 7 Dec 2027.

Weather at sea

Place	TodaySun 25 Oct	TomorrowMon 26 Oct
Papa Westray
Papa Westray	Wind from W 41–42 knBeaufort 9 · strong galegusts 56 knwaves 2.8–2.9 m10 °Cprecipitation up to 1.0 mm/hvisibility down to 3.6 km	Wind from W 16–42 knBeaufort 4–9 · strong galegusts 57 knwaves 1.2–2.9 m10–13 °Cprecipitation up to 2.7 mm/hvisibility down to 2.7 km
Kirkwall
Kirkwall	Wind 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 km	Wind 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 Papa Westray to Kirkwall today?

There are no sailings today. The next one is on Tue 27 Oct 16:00.

How long is the ferry from Papa Westray to Kirkwall?

The crossing takes 2 h 35 min, between 1 h 50 min and 3 h 20 min depending on the sailing.

Which ferry companies sail from Papa Westray to Kirkwall?

The route is operated by Orkney Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from Papa Westray to Kirkwall?

The ferry usually leaves at 13:00, local time in Papa Westray.

How often does the ferry from Papa Westray to Kirkwall run?

2 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

In the coming week, Orkney Ferries sails from Papa Westray to Kirkwall on Tuesday and Friday. The ferry usually leaves at 13:00.

The crossing takes 2 h 35 min, between 1 h 50 min and 3 h 20 min depending on the sailing.

Earl Thorfinn and Earl Sigurd have sailed this route in the last 30 days. From Papa Westray, ferries also sail to Pierowall. Kirkwall can also be reached by ferry from Shapinsay, Rapness, Sanday and 2 more.

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