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Pierowall to Papa Westray ferry times and today's sailings

Orkney Ferries · 20 min · 3 sailings today

Return: Ferry times from Papa Westray to Pierowall
First sailing
07:40
usual time
Last sailing
18:20
usual time
Crossing time
20 min
Sailings a week
29

Map

0 ships at sea
PierowallPapa Westray

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

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Orkney Ferries2920 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Pierowall
Sun 25 Oct13:2017:0018:55
Mon 26 Oct07:4009:4016:0018:20
Tue 27 Oct07:4009:2016:00
Wed 28 Oct07:4009:2012:3516:0018:20
Thu 29 Oct07:4009:2016:0018:20
Fri 30 Oct07:0507:5509:2015:1516:1018:20
Sat 31 Oct07:4009:2516:2518:20

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 7 Dec 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Pierowall
PierowallWind from NW 41–42 knBeaufort 9 · strong galegusts 59 knwaves 7.9–8.0 m10–11 °Cprecipitation up to 1.0 mm/hvisibility down to 3.8 kmWind from W 16–42 knBeaufort 4–9 · strong galegusts 56 knwaves 2.0–7.8 m10–13 °Cprecipitation up to 2.7 mm/hvisibility down to 2.6 km
Papa Westray
Papa WestrayWind from NW 40–42 knBeaufort 8–9 · strong galegusts 60 knwaves 2.8–2.9 m10 °Cprecipitation up to 1.1 mm/hvisibility down to 3.6 kmWind from W 16–43 knBeaufort 4–9 · strong galegusts 57 knwaves 1.2–2.9 m10–13 °Cprecipitation up to 2.5 mm/hvisibility down to 2.7 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 Pierowall to Papa Westray today?

There are 3 sailings today from Pierowall to Papa Westray: the first at 13:20, the last at 18:55.

How long is the ferry from Pierowall to Papa Westray?

The crossing takes 20 min.

Which ferry companies sail from Pierowall to Papa Westray?

The route is operated by Orkney Ferries.

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

The first ferry usually leaves at 07:40 and the last at 18:20, local time in Pierowall.

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

29 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Orkney Ferries currently sails from Pierowall to Papa Westray every day, 3 to 6 times a day. The first departure is usually at 07:40 and the last at 18:20.

The crossing takes 20 min.

Papa Westray can also be reached by ferry from Kirkwall. The return crossing from Papa Westray to Pierowall has the same number of sailings a week.

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