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Shapinsay to Kirkwall ferry times and today's sailings

Orkney Ferries · 25 min · 3 sailings today

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First sailing
07:30
usual time
Last sailing
16:45
usual time
Crossing time
25 min
Sailings a week
38

Map

0 ships at sea
ShapinsayKirkwall

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

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Orkney Ferries3825 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Shapinsay
Sun 25 Oct10:3013:3015:15
Mon 26 Oct – Fri 30 Oct07:3009:0010:3013:3015:1516:45
Sat 31 Oct09:0010:3013:3015:1516:45

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 7 Dec 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Shapinsay
ShapinsayWind from W 32–36 knBeaufort 7–8 · galegusts 41 knwaves 1.7–1.8 m9 °Cprecipitation up to 1.3 mm/hvisibility down to 4.4 kmWind from W 16–39 knBeaufort 4–8 · galegusts 45 knwaves 0.4–2.0 m10–13 °Cprecipitation up to 3.2 mm/hvisibility down to 2.2 km
Kirkwall
KirkwallWind from W 31–32 knBeaufort 7 · near galegusts 33 knwaves 1.7–1.8 m9 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 4.4 kmWind from W 12–30 knBeaufort 4–7 · near galegusts 36 knwaves 0.4–2.0 m9–13 °Cprecipitation up to 3.7 mm/hvisibility down to 2.0 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 Shapinsay to Kirkwall today?

There are 3 sailings today from Shapinsay to Kirkwall: the first at 10:30, the last at 15:15.

How long is the ferry from Shapinsay to Kirkwall?

The crossing takes 25 min.

Which ferry companies sail from Shapinsay to Kirkwall?

The route is operated by Orkney Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from Shapinsay to Kirkwall?

The first ferry usually leaves at 07:30 and the last at 16:45, local time in Shapinsay.

How often does the ferry from Shapinsay to Kirkwall run?

38 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Orkney Ferries currently sails from Shapinsay to Kirkwall every day, 3 to 6 times a day. The first departure is usually at 07:30 and the last at 16:45.

The crossing takes 25 min.

Earl Thorfinn has sailed this route in the last 30 days. Kirkwall can also be reached by ferry from Rapness, Sanday, Stronsay and 2 more. The return crossing from Kirkwall to Shapinsay has the same number of sailings a week.

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