Portsmouth to Saint-Malo ferry times and today's sailings

Brittany Ferries · 11 h · 1 sailing today · 317 km

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Brittany Ferries · Saint-Malo

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Today’s sailings

Updated 19:55

20:15Brittany FerriesScheduledSaint-Malo

Usual departure: 20:15; usual time
Crossing time: 11 h; 11 h to 11 h 30 min
Sailings a week: 6
Distance: 317 km; 171 nmi

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2 ships at sea

Punctuality: 6 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

Operator	Sailings in the next 7 days	Crossing time
Brittany Ferries	6	11 h – 11 h 30 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Portsmouth

Sun 25 Oct – Mon 26 Oct, Wed 28 Oct – Sat 31 Oct	20:15
Tue 27 Oct	No sailings

Timetable published from 21 Oct 2026 to 25 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 30 knwaves 0.3–0.9 m13–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 3.8 km
Mid-crossing
Mid-crossing	Wind from W 21–24 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 32 knwaves 2.8–3.4 m14 °C	Wind from SW 20–28 knBeaufort 5–7 · near galegusts 35 knwaves 2.2–3.0 m14–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 3.3 km
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo	Wind from W 12–17 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 19 knwaves 1.5–1.8 m10–12 °C	Wind from S 10–17 knBeaufort 3–5gusts 29 knwaves 0.8–1.4 m9–19 °Cprecipitation up to 0.7 mm/h

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 Portsmouth to Saint-Malo today?

There is 1 sailing today from Portsmouth to Saint-Malo, at 20:15.

How long is the ferry from Portsmouth to Saint-Malo?

The crossing takes 11 h, between 11 h and 11 h 30 min depending on the sailing.

Which ferry companies sail from Portsmouth to Saint-Malo?

The route is operated by Brittany Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from Portsmouth to Saint-Malo?

The ferry usually leaves at 20:15, local time in Portsmouth.

How often does the ferry from Portsmouth to Saint-Malo run?

6 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Brittany Ferries currently sails from Portsmouth to Saint-Malo every day except Tuesday. The ferry usually leaves at 20:15.

The crossing covers 317 km (171 nmi) and takes 11 h; some sailings take up to 11 h 30 min. All 10 sailings in the next 14 days arrive the day after they leave. The route links the UK and France, and Saint-Malo is one hour ahead of Portsmouth.

Saint-Malo has sailed this route in the last 30 days. From Portsmouth, ferries also sail to Caen-Ouistreham, Le Havre, Cherbourg and 2 more. Saint-Malo can also be reached by ferry from Plymouth.

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