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Tingwall to Rousay ferry times and today's sailings

Orkney Ferries · 25 min · 3 sailings today · 6.4 km

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First sailing
08:20
usual time
Last sailing
18:00
usual time
Crossing time
25 min
20 min to 1 h 15 min
Sailings a week
39
Distance
6.4 km
3.5 nmi

Map

0 ships at sea
TingwallRousay

Punctuality: 1 sailing measured so far, 50 needed. How we measure

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Orkney Ferries3920 min – 1 h 15 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Tingwall
Sun 25 Oct10:4014:4516:45
Mon 26 Oct – Tue 27 Oct, Thu 29 Oct – Fri 30 Oct08:2010:4011:5014:4516:0518:00
Wed 28 Oct08:2010:4012:4014:4516:0518:00
Sat 31 Oct08:4010:4011:5014:4516:0518:00

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 7 Dec 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Tingwall
TingwallWind from W 36–37 knBeaufort 8 · galegusts 51 knwaves 2.1–2.3 m9 °Cprecipitation up to 0.9 mm/hvisibility down to 4.3 kmWind from W 14–36 knBeaufort 4–8 · galegusts 49 knwaves 0.3–2.0 m9–13 °Cprecipitation up to 3.1 mm/hvisibility down to 2.2 km
Mid-crossing
Mid-crossingWind from W 35–36 knBeaufort 8 · galegusts 51 knwaves 2.1–2.3 m8–9 °Cprecipitation up to 1.1 mm/hvisibility down to 4.3 kmWind from W 14–38 knBeaufort 4–8 · galegusts 49 knwaves 0.4–2.3 m9–12 °Cprecipitation up to 3.2 mm/hvisibility down to 2.2 km
Rousay
RousayWind from W 36–37 knBeaufort 8 · galegusts 55 knwaves 2.0–2.1 m9 °Cprecipitation up to 0.9 mm/hvisibility down to 3.7 kmWind from W 14–36 knBeaufort 4–8 · galegusts 53 knwaves 0.4–2.2 m9–13 °Cprecipitation up to 3.1 mm/hvisibility down to 2.4 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 Tingwall to Rousay today?

There are 3 sailings today from Tingwall to Rousay: the first at 10:40, the last at 16:45.

How long is the ferry from Tingwall to Rousay?

The crossing takes 25 min, between 20 min and 1 h 15 min depending on the sailing.

Which ferry companies sail from Tingwall to Rousay?

The route is operated by Orkney Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from Tingwall to Rousay?

The first ferry usually leaves at 08:20 and the last at 18:00, local time in Tingwall.

How often does the ferry from Tingwall to Rousay run?

39 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Orkney Ferries currently sails from Tingwall to Rousay every day, 6 times a day (3 times on Sunday). The first departure is usually at 08:20 and the last at 18:00.

The crossing covers 6.4 km (3.5 nmi) and takes 25 min, between 20 min and 1 h 15 min depending on the sailing. Some sailings call at Wyre and Egilsay on the way.

Eynhallow has sailed this route in the last 30 days. From Tingwall, ferries also sail to Wyre. The return crossing from Rousay to Tingwall has the same number of sailings a week.

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