Portsmouth to Santander ferry times and today's sailings

Brittany Ferries · 32 h 15 min · 995 km

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Next departure · Tomorrow

21:30

Scheduled

Brittany Ferries

Tomorrow’s sailings

Updated 19:12

21:30Brittany FerriesScheduled

Usual departure: 21:30; usual time
Crossing time: 32 h 15 min; 31 h 29 min to 33 h 30 min
Sailings a week: 2
Distance: 995 km; 537 nmi

Map

2 ships at sea

Punctuality: 2 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

Operator	Sailings in the next 7 days	Crossing time
Brittany Ferries	2	31 h 29 min – 33 h 30 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Portsmouth

Sun 25 Oct, Tue 27 Oct – Thu 29 Oct, Sat 31 Oct	No sailings
Mon 26 Oct	21:30
Fri 30 Oct	22:00

Timetable published from 23 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 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 SW 11–17 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 20 knwaves 4.2–4.7 m14–15 °C	Wind from S 17–27 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 35 knwaves 3.3–4.1 m14–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.6 mm/h
Santander
Santander	Wind from S 5–7 knBeaufort 2–3gusts 8 knwaves 2.8–3.0 mwave period 12–13 s16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.1 mm/h	Wind from S 3–15 knBeaufort 1–4gusts 15 knwaves 2.0–3.3 mwave period 11–13 s13–21 °Cvisibility down to 0.6 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 to Santander today?

There are no sailings today. The next one is on Mon 26 Oct 21:30.

How long is the ferry from Portsmouth to Santander?

The crossing takes 32 h 15 min, between 31 h 29 min and 33 h 30 min depending on the sailing.

Which ferry companies sail from Portsmouth to Santander?

The route is operated by Brittany Ferries.

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

The ferry usually leaves at 21:30, local time in Portsmouth.

How often does the ferry from Portsmouth to Santander run?

2 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

In the coming week, Brittany Ferries sails from Portsmouth to Santander on Monday and Friday. The ferry usually leaves at 21:30.

The crossing covers 995 km (537 nmi) and takes 32 h 15 min, between 31 h 29 min and 33 h 30 min depending on the sailing. The route links the UK and Spain, and Santander is one hour ahead of Portsmouth.

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

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