Rothesay to Wemyss Bay ferry times and today's sailings
CalMac Ferries · 35 min · 11 sailings today · 11.5 km
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Scheduled
Tomorrow’s sailings
- First sailing
- 06:25
- usual time
- Last sailing
- 19:00
- usual time
- Crossing time
- 35 min
- Sailings a week
- 92
- Distance
- 11.5 km
- 6.2 nmi
Map
Punctuality
80 sailings · 30 days · average delay 3 min
- On time
- 83%
- 66
- Late
- 17%
- 14
- On time (up to 5 min): 66 (83%)
- 5–15 min late: 11 (14%)
- 15–30 min late: 1 (1%)
- Over 30 min late: 2 (3%)
- Half of the departures leave within 1 min of the scheduled time.
- When a departure is late, the typical delay is 8 min.
Network average, United Kingdom: 86% on time over 2,611 sailings.
Operators on this route
| Operator | Sailings in the next 7 days | Crossing time |
|---|---|---|
| CalMac Ferries | 92 | 35 min |
Timetable
| Sun 25 Oct | 08:0509:0510:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:00 |
|---|---|
| Mon 26 Oct – Tue 27 Oct, Thu 29 Oct | 06:2507:0508:0509:0510:0011:0012:1513:0514:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:00 |
| Wed 28 Oct | 06:2507:0508:0509:0510:0011:0013:0515:0017:0019:00 |
| Fri 30 Oct | 06:2507:0508:0509:0510:0011:0012:1513:0514:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:00 |
| Sat 31 Oct | 07:0508:0509:0510:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:00 |
Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 3 Oct 2027.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
|---|---|---|
| Rothesay | ||
| Rothesay | Wind from W 23–29 knBeaufort 6–7 · near galegusts 34 knwaves 0.5–0.7 m10 °Cprecipitation up to 0.1 mm/h | Wind from S 13–32 knBeaufort 4–7 · near galegusts 46 knwaves 0.3–1.4 m10–15 °Cprecipitation up to 2.6 mm/hvisibility down to 2.0 km |
| Mid-crossing | ||
| Mid-crossing | Wind from W 20–26 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezewaves 0.8–1.0 m8–9 °Cprecipitation up to 0.2 mm/h | Wind from S 13–30 knBeaufort 4–7 · near galegusts 38 knwaves 0.4–1.5 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 3.6 mm/hvisibility down to 2.1 km |
| Wemyss Bay | ||
| Wemyss Bay | Wind from W 21–24 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 25 knwaves 0.8–0.9 m8–9 °Cprecipitation up to 0.1 mm/h | Wind from S 13–30 knBeaufort 4–7 · near galegusts 38 knwaves 0.4–1.5 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 4.6 mm/hvisibility down to 2.1 km |
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 Rothesay to Wemyss Bay today?
There are 11 sailings today from Rothesay to Wemyss Bay: the first at 08:05, the last at 19:00.
How long is the ferry from Rothesay to Wemyss Bay?
The crossing takes 35 min.
Which ferry companies sail from Rothesay to Wemyss Bay?
The route is operated by CalMac Ferries.
What time is the first and last ferry from Rothesay to Wemyss Bay?
The first ferry usually leaves at 06:25 and the last at 19:00, local time in Rothesay.
How often does the ferry from Rothesay to Wemyss Bay run?
92 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.
About this route
CalMac Ferries currently sails from Rothesay to Wemyss Bay every day, 10 to 15 times a day. The first departure is usually at 06:25 and the last at 19:00; on the busiest days most departures are an hour apart.
The crossing covers 11.5 km (6.2 nmi) and takes 35 min.
Argyle, Coruisk and Bute have sailed this route in the last 30 days. The return crossing from Wemyss Bay to Rothesay has the same number of sailings a week.
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Ports and ships
Ports
- Rothesay: departures and arrivals todaydeparture port
- Wemyss Bay: departures and arrivals todayarrival port
Related routes
Return crossing
- Wemyss Bay → Rothesay35 min
Other CalMac Ferries routes
- Rhubodach → Colintraive5 min
- Colintraive → Rhubodach5 min
- Cumbrae → Largs10 min
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 23 Oct 2026.