Portsmouth to Bilbao ferry times and today's sailings

Brittany Ferries · 33 h · 1 sailing today

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Next departure

22:00

Scheduled

Brittany Ferries

Today’s sailings

Updated 18:50

22:00Brittany FerriesScheduled

Usual departure: 19:00; usual time
Crossing time: 33 h; 32 h 15 min to 36 h
Sailings a week: 2

Map

1 ship at sea

Punctuality: 1 sailing measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

Operator	Sailings in the next 7 days	Crossing time
Brittany Ferries	2	32 h 15 min – 36 h

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Portsmouth

Sun 25 Oct	22:00
Mon 26 Oct – Wed 28 Oct, Fri 30 Oct – Sat 31 Oct	No sailings
Thu 29 Oct	19:00

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 24 Oct 2027.

Weather at sea

Place	TodaySun 25 Oct	TomorrowMon 26 Oct
Portsmouth
Portsmouth	Wind from W 21–25 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezewaves 0.5–0.6 m12 °C	Wind from S 17–27 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 29 knwaves 0.3–0.9 m13–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 4.5 km
Bilbao
Bilbao	Wind from SW 4–5 knBeaufort 2gusts 14 knwaves 2.8–2.9 mwave period 12–13 s17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.7 mm/hvisibility down to 3.8 km	Wind from E 5–15 knBeaufort 2–4gusts 24 knwaves 2.0–3.4 mwave period 10–13 s13–23 °Cvisibility down to 0.6 km

Forecast issued 25 Oct, 12:00. 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 Portsmouth to Bilbao today?

There is 1 sailing today from Portsmouth to Bilbao, at 22:00.

How long is the ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao?

The crossing takes 33 h, between 32 h 15 min and 36 h depending on the sailing.

Which ferry companies sail from Portsmouth to Bilbao?

The route is operated by Brittany Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao?

The ferry usually leaves at 19:00, local time in Portsmouth.

How often does the ferry from Portsmouth to Bilbao run?

2 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

In the coming week, Brittany Ferries sails from Portsmouth to Bilbao on Thursday and Sunday. The ferry usually leaves at 19:00.

The crossing takes 33 h, between 32 h 15 min and 36 h depending on the sailing. The route links the UK and Spain, and Bilbao is one hour ahead of Portsmouth.

Galicia and Mont Saint Michel have sailed this route in the last 30 days. From Portsmouth, ferries also sail to Caen-Ouistreham, Le Havre, Saint-Malo and 2 more. Bilbao can also be reached by ferry from Rosslare Harbour.

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