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South Shields to North Shields ferry times and today's sailings

Shields Ferry · 7 min · 16 sailings today

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First sailing
06:45
usual time
Last sailing
19:45
usual time
Crossing time
7 min
Sailings a week
196

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

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Shields Ferry1967 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in South Shields
Sun 25 Oct10:1510:4511:1511:4512:1512:4513:1513:4514:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:4517:1517:45
Mon 26 Oct – Wed 28 Oct06:4507:1507:4508:1508:4509:1509:4510:1510:4511:1511:4512:1512:4513:1513:4514:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:4517:1517:4518:1518:4519:1519:45
Thu 29 Oct – Sat 31 Oct06:4507:1507:4508:1508:4509:1509:4510:1510:4511:1511:4512:1512:4513:1513:4514:1514:4515:1515:4516:1516:4517:1517:4518:1518:4519:1519:4520:1520:4521:1521:4522:1522:40

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
South Shields
South ShieldsWind from W 19–20 knBeaufort 5gusts 28 knwaves 1.2–1.3 m9 °CWind from SW 13–22 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 31 knwaves 0.8–1.5 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 1.7 mm/hvisibility down to 2.8 km
North Shields
North ShieldsWind from W 19–20 knBeaufort 5gusts 28 knwaves 1.2–1.3 m9 °CWind from SW 13–22 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 31 knwaves 0.8–1.5 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 1.7 mm/hvisibility down to 2.8 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 South Shields to North Shields today?

There are 16 sailings today from South Shields to North Shields: the first at 10:15, the last at 17:45.

How long is the ferry from South Shields to North Shields?

The crossing takes 7 min.

Which ferry companies sail from South Shields to North Shields?

The route is operated by Shields Ferry.

What time is the first and last ferry from South Shields to North Shields?

The first ferry usually leaves at 06:45 and the last at 19:45, local time in South Shields.

How often does the ferry from South Shields to North Shields run?

196 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Shields Ferry currently sails from South Shields to North Shields every day, 16 to 33 times a day. The first departure is usually at 06:45 and the last at 19:45; on the busiest days most departures are 30 minutes apart.

The crossing takes 7 min.

The return crossing from North Shields to South Shields has the same number of sailings a week.

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