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Rosslare Harbour to Cherbourg ferry times and today's sailings

Brittany Ferries · 20 h 27 min · 3 sailings today

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Tomorrow’s sailings

  1. Brittany FerriesScheduled
First sailing
18:01
usual time
Last sailing
18:03
usual time
Crossing time
20 h 27 min
16 h 59 min to 21 h
Sailings a week
14

Punctuality: 0 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Brittany Ferries1416 h 59 min – 21 h

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Rosslare Harbour
Sun 25 Oct, Fri 30 Oct18:0118:0218:03
Mon 26 Oct18:01
Tue 27 Oct20:00
Wed 28 Oct18:0218:0320:01
Thu 29 Oct18:00
Sat 31 Oct18:0021:00

Timetable published from 21 Oct 2026 to 25 Oct 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Rosslare Harbour
Rosslare HarbourWind from W 17–21 knBeaufort 5waves 0.8–0.9 m11–12 °CWind from S 19–39 knBeaufort 5–8 · galegusts 47 knwaves 0.8–2.8 m12–15 °Cprecipitation up to 1.4 mm/hvisibility down to 2.7 km
Cherbourg
CherbourgWind from W 16–18 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 23 knwaves 1.4–1.7 m12 °CWind from SW 13–20 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 25 knwaves 0.6–1.3 m10–17 °Cprecipitation up to 0.6 mm/h

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 Rosslare Harbour to Cherbourg today?

There are 3 sailings today from Rosslare Harbour to Cherbourg: the first at 18:01, the last at 18:03.

How long is the ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Cherbourg?

The crossing takes 20 h 27 min, between 16 h 59 min and 21 h depending on the sailing.

Which ferry companies sail from Rosslare Harbour to Cherbourg?

The route is operated by Brittany Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Cherbourg?

The first ferry usually leaves at 18:01 and the last at 18:03, local time in Rosslare Harbour.

How often does the ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Cherbourg run?

14 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Brittany Ferries currently sails from Rosslare Harbour to Cherbourg every day, 1 to 3 times a day. The first departure is usually at 18:01 and the last at 18:03.

The crossing takes 20 h 27 min, between 16 h 59 min and 21 h depending on the sailing. All 23 sailings in the next 14 days arrive the day after they leave. The route links Ireland and France, and Cherbourg is one hour ahead of Rosslare Harbour.

From Rosslare Harbour, ferries also sail to Bilbao and Santander. Cherbourg can also be reached by ferry from Poole and Portsmouth. In the other direction, from Cherbourg to Rosslare Harbour, there are 15 sailings a week.

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Timetable last changed on 24 Oct 2026.