Portsmouth to Caen-Ouistreham ferry times and today's sailings
Brittany Ferries · 6 h · 3 sailings today · 182 km
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Scheduled
Today’s sailings
- First sailing
- 08:00
- usual time
- Last sailing
- 23:00
- usual time
- Crossing time
- 6 h
- 4 h 30 min to 7 h 30 min
- Sailings a week
- 20
- Distance
- 182 km
- 98.3 nmi
Map
Punctuality: 21 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure
See as a table
| Departure | Delay |
|---|---|
| +69 min | |
| On time | |
| scheduled, not measured yet |
Operators on this route
| Operator | Sailings in the next 7 days | Crossing time |
|---|---|---|
| Brittany Ferries | 20 | 4 h 30 min – 7 h 30 min |
Timetable
| Sun 25 Oct – Tue 27 Oct, Thu 29 Oct – Fri 30 Oct | 08:0015:0023:00 |
|---|---|
| Wed 28 Oct | 15:0023:00 |
| Sat 31 Oct | 08:0016:3023:00 |
Timetable published from 21 Oct 2026 to 26 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 |
| Mid-crossing | ||
| Mid-crossing | Wind from W 23–27 knBeaufort 6 · strong breezegusts 40 knwaves 2.8–3.4 m15 °C | Wind from SW 17–26 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 35 knwaves 1.7–2.7 m14–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.9 mm/hvisibility down to 3.8 km |
| Caen-Ouistreham | ||
| Caen-Ouistreham | Wind from W 14–23 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezewaves 1.3–2.0 m11–13 °C | Wind from S 13–20 knBeaufort 4–5waves 0.4–1.2 m11–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.3 mm/h |
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 Caen-Ouistreham today?
There are 3 sailings today from Portsmouth to Caen-Ouistreham: the first at 08:00, the last at 23:00.
How long is the ferry from Portsmouth to Caen-Ouistreham?
The crossing takes 6 h, between 4 h 30 min and 7 h 30 min depending on the sailing.
Which ferry companies sail from Portsmouth to Caen-Ouistreham?
The route is operated by Brittany Ferries.
What time is the first and last ferry from Portsmouth to Caen-Ouistreham?
The first ferry usually leaves at 08:00 and the last at 23:00, local time in Portsmouth.
How often does the ferry from Portsmouth to Caen-Ouistreham run?
20 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.
About this route
Brittany Ferries currently sails from Portsmouth to Caen-Ouistreham every day, 3 times a day (twice on Wednesday). The first departure is usually at 08:00 and the last at 23:00.
The crossing covers 182 km (98.3 nmi) and takes 6 h, between 4 h 30 min and 7 h 30 min depending on the sailing. In the next 14 days, 14 of the 40 sailings arrive the day after they leave. The route links the UK and France, and Caen-Ouistreham is one hour ahead of Portsmouth.
Guillaume de Normandie, Mont Saint Michel and Galicia have sailed this route in the last 30 days. From Portsmouth, ferries also sail to Le Havre, Saint-Malo, Cherbourg and 2 more. The return crossing from Caen-Ouistreham to Portsmouth has the same number of sailings a week.
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Ports and ships
Ports
- Portsmouth: departures and arrivals todaydeparture port
- Caen-Ouistreham: departures and arrivals todayarrival port
Ships on this route
Ships matched to sailings on this route in the last 30 days.
Related routes
Return crossing
More ferries from Portsmouth
- Portsmouth → Le Havre6 h 30 min
- Portsmouth → Saint-Malo11 h
- Portsmouth → Cherbourg8 h 30 min
- Portsmouth → Bilbao33 h
- Portsmouth → Santander33 h
Sources and licences
- Source : transport.data.gouv.fr — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · Licence: Licence Ouverte 2.0Feed last read on 25 Oct 2026.
Timetable last changed on 24 Oct 2026.