Santander to Portsmouth ferry times and today's sailings

Brittany Ferries · 31 h 30 min · 1 sailing today · 995 km

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Today’s sailings

Updated 22:00

14:00Brittany FerriesAt sea, measuredSalamanca
Now · 22:00

No more sailings today or tomorrow.

Next: Wed 28 Oct 14:00

Portsmouth → Santander

Usual departure: 14:00; usual time
Crossing time: 31 h 30 min; 28 h 30 min to 34 h 45 min
Sailings a week: 2
Distance: 995 km; 537 nmi

Map

3 ships at sea

Punctuality: 0 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	28 h 30 min – 34 h 45 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Santander

Sun 25 Oct, Wed 28 Oct	14:00
Mon 26 Oct – Tue 27 Oct, Thu 29 Oct – Sat 31 Oct	No sailings

Timetable published from 21 Oct 2026 to 24 Oct 2027.

Weather at sea

Place	TodaySun 25 Oct	TomorrowMon 26 Oct
Santander
Santander	Wind from S 7 knBeaufort 3gusts 8 knwaves 2.9–3.0 mwave period 13 s16 °C	Wind from S 3–15 knBeaufort 1–4gusts 17 knwaves 2.0–3.3 mwave period 11–13 s13–21 °Cvisibility down to 2.7 km
Mid-crossing
Mid-crossing	Wind from SW 11–13 knBeaufort 4gusts 14 knwaves 4.3–4.4 m15 °C	Wind from S 17–27 knBeaufort 5–6 · strong breezegusts 34 knwaves 3.3–4.2 m14–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.6 mm/h
Portsmouth
Portsmouth	Wind from W 22–23 knBeaufort 6 · strong breezewaves 0.5 m12 °C	Wind from SW 15–26 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 30 knwaves 0.3–0.9 m12–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 3.8 km

Forecast issued 25 Oct, 10:09. 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 Santander to Portsmouth today?

There is 1 sailing today from Santander to Portsmouth, at 14:00.

How long is the ferry from Santander to Portsmouth?

The crossing takes 31 h 30 min, between 28 h 30 min and 34 h 45 min depending on the sailing.

Which ferry companies sail from Santander to Portsmouth?

The route is operated by Brittany Ferries.

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

The ferry usually leaves at 14:00, local time in Santander.

How often does the ferry from Santander to Portsmouth run?

2 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

In the coming week, Brittany Ferries sails from Santander to Portsmouth on Wednesday and Sunday. The ferry usually leaves at 14:00.

The crossing covers 995 km (537 nmi) and takes 31 h 30 min, between 28 h 30 min and 34 h 45 min depending on the sailing. All 6 sailings in the next 14 days arrive the day after they leave. The route links Spain and the UK, and Portsmouth is one hour behind Santander.

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

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