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Southampton to East Cowes ferry times and today's sailings

Red Funnel · 1 h · 18 sailings today · 19.1 km

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Red Funnel

Today’s sailings

Earlier sailings
  1. Show earlier sailings
  2. 3 earlier sailings: all times in the timetable below
  3. Red FunnelArrived, measuredRed Eagle
  4. Red FunnelArrived 09:52, measured at 09:00Red Eagle
  5. Red FunnelArrived 10:51, measured at 10:00Red Osprey
  6. Red FunnelArrived 11:58, measured at 11:01Red Falcon
  7. Red FunnelArrived 12:49, measured at 11:59Red Eagle
  8. Red FunnelArrived, estimated
  9. Red FunnelArrived, measuredRed Eagle
  10. Red FunnelArrived 15:49, measured at 14:59Red Eagle
  11. Red FunnelArrived 16:54, measured at 15:59Red Osprey
  12. Red FunnelArrived 18:00, measured at 17:01Red Falcon
  13. Red FunnelArrived 18:53, measured at 18:00Red Eagle
  14. Red FunnelArrived 19:55, measured at 19:00Red Osprey
  15. Now ·
  16. Red FunnelScheduled
  17. Red FunnelScheduled
  18. Red FunnelScheduled

First sailing
03:00
usual time
Last sailing
23:59
usual time
Crossing time
1 h
Sailings a week
133
Distance
19.1 km
10.3 nmi

Map

0 ships at sea
SouthamptonEast Cowes

Punctuality

203 sailings · 30 days · average delay 2 min

On time
92%
186
Late
8%
17
  • On time (up to 5 min): 186 (92%)
  • 5–15 min late: 13 (6%)
  • 15–30 min late: 3 (1%)
  • Over 30 min late: 1 (1%)
  • Half of the departures leave within 1 min of the scheduled time.
  • When a departure is late, the typical delay is 10 min.
  • Last 7 days: 89% on time, out of 79 sailings.

Network average, United Kingdom: 86% on time over 2,611 sailings.

Punctuality of every measured routeHow we measure

Delays today11 sailings measured so far today
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Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Red Funnel1331 h

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Southampton
Sun 25 Oct05:0006:0007:0008:0009:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:1522:0023:59
Mon 26 Oct – Thu 29 Oct, Sat 31 Oct03:0005:0006:0007:0008:0009:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:1522:0023:59
Fri 30 Oct03:0005:0006:0007:0008:0009:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:1521:0022:0023:59

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 21 Mar 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Southampton
SouthamptonWind from W 11–12 knBeaufort 4gusts 20 knwaves 0.4 mwave period 2–3 s9–10 °CWind from SW 9–20 knBeaufort 3–5gusts 34 knwaves 0.2–0.8 mwave period 2–3 s10–16 °Cprecipitation up to 1.0 mm/hvisibility down to 4.2 km
Mid-crossing
Mid-crossingWind from W 16–17 knBeaufort 4–5gusts 22 knwaves 0.4 m11 °CWind from SW 14–23 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 35 knwaves 0.2–0.8 m12–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.9 mm/hvisibility down to 4.1 km
East Cowes
East CowesWind from W 20–21 knBeaufort 5waves 0.4 m12 °CWind from SW 16–24 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 28 knwaves 0.3–0.8 m12–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.9 mm/hvisibility down to 4.3 km

Forecast issued 25 Oct, 12:08. 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 Southampton to East Cowes today?

There are 18 sailings today from Southampton to East Cowes: the first at 05:00, the last at 23:59.

How long is the ferry from Southampton to East Cowes?

The crossing takes 1 h.

Which ferry companies sail from Southampton to East Cowes?

The route is operated by Red Funnel.

What time is the first and last ferry from Southampton to East Cowes?

The first ferry usually leaves at 03:00 and the last at 23:59, local time in Southampton.

How often does the ferry from Southampton to East Cowes run?

133 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Red Funnel currently sails from Southampton to East Cowes every day, 18 to 20 times a day. The first departure is usually at 03:00 and the last at 23:59; on the busiest days most departures are an hour apart.

The crossing covers 19.1 km (10.3 nmi) and takes 1 h. In the next 14 days, 14 of the 240 sailings arrive the day after they leave.

The published timetable changes on 3 November 2026: from then on there are 97 sailings a week, compared with 133 before. Red Falcon, Red Osprey, Red Eagle and Red Jet 6 have sailed this route in the last 30 days. From Southampton, ferries also sail to Cowes.

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Timetable last changed on 18 Oct 2026.