Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde (Pier Head) ferry times and today's sailings

Wightlink · 22 min · 24 sailings today · 7.8 km

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Scheduled

Wightlink

Today’s sailings

Updated 20:11

Earlier sailings

First sailing: 05:15; usual time
Last sailing: 22:45; usual time
Crossing time: 22 min
Sailings a week: 138
Distance: 7.8 km; 4.2 nmi

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2 ships at sea

Punctuality: 9 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

Operator	Sailings in the next 7 days	Crossing time
Wightlink	138	22 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Portsmouth Harbour

Sun 25 Oct, Sat 31 Oct	07:1508:1509:1510:1510:4511:1511:4512:1512:4513:1513:4514:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:4517:1517:4518:1519:2020:2021:4522:45
Mon 26 Oct – Fri 30 Oct	05:1506:1507:1508:1509:1510:1511:1512:1513:1514:1515:1516:1517:1518:1519:2020:2021:4522:45

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 20 Dec 2026.

Weather at sea

Place	TodaySun 25 Oct	TomorrowMon 26 Oct
Portsmouth Harbour
Portsmouth Harbour	Wind from W 21–23 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezewaves 0.5–0.6 m12 °C	Wind from S 17–27 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 30 knwaves 0.3–1.1 m13–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 3.8 km
Mid-crossing
Mid-crossing	Wind from W 21–23 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezewaves 0.5–0.6 m12 °C	Wind from S 17–27 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 30 knwaves 0.3–1.1 m13–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 3.8 km
Ryde (Pier Head)
Ryde (Pier Head)	Wind from W 23–24 knBeaufort 6 · strong breezegusts 27 knwaves 0.5–0.6 m12–13 °C	Wind from SW 18–26 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 34 knwaves 0.3–1.1 m13–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.6 mm/hvisibility down to 4.3 km

Forecast issued 25 Oct, 12:09. 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 Harbour to Ryde (Pier Head) today?

There are 24 sailings today from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde (Pier Head): the first at 07:15, the last at 22:45.

How long is the ferry from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde (Pier Head)?

The crossing takes 22 min.

Which ferry companies sail from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde (Pier Head)?

The route is operated by Wightlink.

What time is the first and last ferry from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde (Pier Head)?

The first ferry usually leaves at 05:15 and the last at 22:45, local time in Portsmouth Harbour.

How often does the ferry from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde (Pier Head) run?

138 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Wightlink currently sails from Portsmouth Harbour to Ryde (Pier Head) every day, 18 to 24 times a day. The first departure is usually at 05:15 and the last at 22:45; on the busiest days most departures are 30 minutes apart.

The crossing covers 7.8 km (4.2 nmi) and takes 22 min.

Victoria of Wight has sailed this route in the last 30 days. From Portsmouth Harbour, ferries also sail to Gosport. The return crossing from Ryde (Pier Head) to Portsmouth Harbour has the same number of sailings a week.

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