Shell Bay to Sandbanks ferry times and today's sailings
Sandbanks Ferry · 5 min · 49 sailings today
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Today’s sailings
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- 33 earlier sailings: all times in the timetable below
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- First sailing
- 07:10
- usual time
- Last sailing
- 23:10
- usual time
- Crossing time
- 5 min
- Sailings a week
- 343
Map
Punctuality: 0 sailings measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure
Operators on this route
| Operator | Sailings in the next 7 days | Crossing time |
|---|---|---|
| Sandbanks Ferry | 343 | 5 min |
Timetable
| Sun 25 Oct – Sat 31 Oct | 07:1007:3007:5008:1008:3008:5009:1009:3009:5010:1010:3010:5011:1011:3011:5012:1012:3012:5013:1013:3013:5014:1014:3014:5015:1015:3015:5016:1016:3016:5017:1017:3017:5018:1018:3018:5019:1019:3019:5020:1020:3020:5021:1021:3021:5022:1022:3022:5023:10 |
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Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
|---|---|---|
| Shell Bay | ||
| Shell Bay | Wind from W 21 knBeaufort 5gusts 22 knwaves 1.4–1.5 m11 °C | Wind from SW 16–27 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 32 knwaves 1.3–2.1 m11–16 °Cprecipitation up to 1.2 mm/hvisibility down to 4.0 km |
| Sandbanks | ||
| Sandbanks | Wind from W 21 knBeaufort 5gusts 22 knwaves 1.4–1.5 m11 °C | Wind from SW 16–27 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 32 knwaves 1.3–2.1 m11–16 °Cprecipitation up to 1.2 mm/hvisibility down to 4.0 km |
Forecast issued 25 Oct, 19:17. 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 Shell Bay to Sandbanks today?
There are 49 sailings today from Shell Bay to Sandbanks: the first at 07:10, the last at 23:10.
How long is the ferry from Shell Bay to Sandbanks?
The crossing takes 5 min.
Which ferry companies sail from Shell Bay to Sandbanks?
The route is operated by Sandbanks Ferry.
What time is the first and last ferry from Shell Bay to Sandbanks?
The first ferry usually leaves at 07:10 and the last at 23:10, local time in Shell Bay.
How often does the ferry from Shell Bay to Sandbanks run?
343 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.
About this route
Sandbanks Ferry currently sails from Shell Bay to Sandbanks 49 times a day, every day. The first departure is usually at 07:10 and the last at 23:10; on the busiest days most departures are 20 minutes apart.
The crossing takes 5 min.
The return crossing from Sandbanks to Shell Bay has the same number of sailings a week.
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Ports
- Shell Bay: departures and arrivals todaydeparture port
- Sandbanks: departures and arrivals todayarrival port
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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 18 Oct 2026.