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West Burrafirth to Papa Stour ferry times and today's sailings

Shetland Ferries · 40 min · 2 sailings today

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Today’s sailings

  1. Shetland FerriesArrived, estimated
  2. Shetland FerriesArrived, estimated
  3. Now ·

First sailing
09:00
usual time
Last sailing
15:00
usual time
Crossing time
40 min
Sailings a week
11

Map

0 ships at sea
West BurrafirthPapa Stour

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

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Shetland Ferries1140 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in West Burrafirth
Sun 25 Oct16:3018:00
Mon 26 Oct, Wed 28 Oct09:0015:00
Tue 27 Oct, Thu 29 OctNo sailings
Fri 30 Oct09:0016:3018:10
Sat 31 Oct09:0018:10

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
West Burrafirth
West BurrafirthWind from NW 20–21 knBeaufort 5gusts 28 knwaves 3.1–4.0 m9–10 °Cprecipitation up to 0.7 mm/hvisibility down to 4.6 kmWind from W 14–35 knBeaufort 4–8 · galegusts 50 knwaves 1.9–5.4 m9–11 °Cprecipitation up to 1.9 mm/hvisibility down to 2.5 km
Papa Stour
Papa StourWind from NW 24–25 knBeaufort 6 · strong breezegusts 29 knwaves 4.4–5.7 m10 °Cprecipitation up to 1.0 mm/hvisibility down to 3.6 kmWind from W 16–38 knBeaufort 4–8 · galegusts 50 knwaves 3.1–6.7 m10–12 °Cprecipitation up to 2.1 mm/hvisibility down to 3.1 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 West Burrafirth to Papa Stour today?

There are 2 sailings today from West Burrafirth to Papa Stour: the first at 16:30, the last at 18:00.

How long is the ferry from West Burrafirth to Papa Stour?

The crossing takes 40 min.

Which ferry companies sail from West Burrafirth to Papa Stour?

The route is operated by Shetland Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from West Burrafirth to Papa Stour?

The first ferry usually leaves at 09:00 and the last at 15:00, local time in West Burrafirth.

How often does the ferry from West Burrafirth to Papa Stour run?

11 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

In the coming week, Shetland Ferries sails from West Burrafirth to Papa Stour on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 2 to 3 times a day. The first departure is usually at 09:00 and the last at 15:00.

The crossing takes 40 min.

The return crossing from Papa Stour to West Burrafirth has the same number of sailings a week.

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