Portsmouth Iow Car to Fishbourne Iow ferry times and today's sailings
Wightlink · 45 min · 23 sailings today · 10.9 km
Next departure
Scheduled
- First sailing
- 03:00
- usual time
- Last sailing
- 23:59
- usual time
- Crossing time
- 45 min
- Sailings a week
- 176
- Distance
- 10.9 km
- 5.9 nmi
Map
Punctuality
89 sailings · 30 days · average delay 3 min
- On time
- 90%
- 80
- Late
- 10%
- 9
- On time (up to 5 min): 80 (90%)
- 5–15 min late: 9 (10%)
- Half of the departures leave within 2 min of the scheduled time.
- Last 7 days: 88% on time, out of 51 sailings.
Network average, United Kingdom: 86% on time over 2,608 sailings.
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Operators on this route
| Operator | Sailings in the next 7 days | Crossing time |
|---|---|---|
| Wightlink | 176 | 45 min |
Timetable
| Sun 25 Oct | 01:0003:0005:0007:2008:0009:2010:0011:2012:0012:4013:2014:0014:4015:2016:0016:4017:2018:0018:4019:2020:0022:1523:59 |
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| Mon 26 Oct | 03:0005:0006:0006:4007:2008:0008:4009:2010:0010:4011:2012:0012:4013:2014:0014:4015:2016:0016:4017:2018:0018:4019:2020:0020:4022:1523:59 |
| Tue 27 Oct – Thu 29 Oct | 03:0005:0006:0006:4007:2008:0008:4009:2010:0010:4011:2012:0012:4013:2014:0014:4015:2016:0016:4017:2018:0019:2020:0022:1523:59 |
| Fri 30 Oct | 03:0005:0006:0006:4007:2008:0008:4009:2010:0010:4011:2012:0012:4013:2014:0014:4015:2016:0016:4017:2018:0018:4019:2020:0020:4021:1523:10 |
| Sat 31 Oct | 01:0003:0005:0006:0007:2008:0008:4009:2010:0010:4011:2012:0012:4013:2014:0014:4015:2016:0017:2018:0019:2020:0021:1523:10 |
Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 17 Dec 2026.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth Iow Car | ||
| Portsmouth Iow Car | Wind from W 21–25 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezewaves 0.5–0.7 m12 °C | Wind from S 17–27 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 29 knwaves 0.3–1.1 m13–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 4.5 km |
| Mid-crossing | ||
| Mid-crossing | Wind from W 21–25 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezewaves 0.5–0.7 m12 °C | Wind from S 17–27 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 29 knwaves 0.3–1.1 m13–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 4.5 km |
| Fishbourne Iow | ||
| Fishbourne Iow | Wind from W 22–26 knBeaufort 6 · strong breezegusts 30 knwaves 0.5–0.6 m12–13 °C | Wind from SW 18–26 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 36 knwaves 0.3–0.9 m13–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 3.6 km |
Forecast issued 25 Oct, 12:08. 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 Portsmouth Iow Car to Fishbourne Iow today?
There are 23 sailings today from Portsmouth Iow Car to Fishbourne Iow: the first at 01:00, the last at 23:59.
How long is the ferry from Portsmouth Iow Car to Fishbourne Iow?
The crossing takes 45 min.
Which ferry companies sail from Portsmouth Iow Car to Fishbourne Iow?
The route is operated by Wightlink.
What time is the first and last ferry from Portsmouth Iow Car to Fishbourne Iow?
The first ferry usually leaves at 03:00 and the last at 23:59, local time in Portsmouth Iow Car.
How often does the ferry from Portsmouth Iow Car to Fishbourne Iow run?
176 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.
About this route
Wightlink currently sails from Portsmouth Iow Car to Fishbourne Iow every day, 23 to 27 times a day. The first departure is usually at 03:00 and the last at 23:59; on the busiest days most departures are 40 minutes apart.
The crossing covers 10.9 km (5.9 nmi) and takes 45 min. In the next 14 days, 12 of the 313 sailings arrive the day after they leave.
The published timetable changes on 2 November 2026: from then on there are 132 sailings a week, compared with 176 before. Victoria of Wight has sailed this route in the last 30 days. ferrywhere has no timetable for a return from Fishbourne Iow to Portsmouth Iow Car: ferries from Fishbourne Iow go to Portsmouth Harbour.
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Ports and ships
Ports
- Portsmouth Iow Car: departures and arrivals todaydeparture port
- Fishbourne Iow: departures and arrivals todayarrival port
Related routes
Other Wightlink routes
Sources and licences
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Timetables: Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport). · Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0Feed last read on 25 Oct 2026.
Timetable last changed on 6 Oct 2026.