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Whalsay to Laxo ferry times and today's sailings

Shetland Ferries · 30 min · 12 sailings today

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First sailing
05:00
usual time
Last sailing
22:45
usual time
Crossing time
30 min
Sailings a week
126

Map

0 ships at sea
WhalsayLaxo

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

Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Shetland Ferries12630 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Whalsay
Sun 25 Oct05:0006:1507:4509:1511:1512:4514:4516:1517:4519:0021:1522:45
Mon 26 Oct – Thu 29 Oct05:0006:1506:4507:4508:3009:1510:3011:1512:0012:4514:0014:4515:3016:1517:0017:4519:0021:1522:45
Fri 30 Oct05:0006:1506:4507:4508:3009:1510:3011:1512:0012:4514:0014:4515:3016:1517:0017:4519:0021:1522:4523:59
Sat 31 Oct05:0006:1506:4507:4508:3009:1510:3011:1512:4514:4515:3016:1517:0017:4519:0021:1522:4523:59

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Whalsay
WhalsayWind from NW 19–20 knBeaufort 5gusts 29 knwaves 1.6–1.8 m10 °Cvisibility down to 4.7 kmWind from SE 12–30 knBeaufort 4–7 · near galegusts 42 knwaves 0.6–2.4 m9–11 °Cprecipitation up to 1.2 mm/hvisibility down to 2.8 km
Laxo
LaxoWind from NW 20–21 knBeaufort 5gusts 33 knwaves 1.6–1.7 m10 °Cvisibility down to 4.1 kmWind from W 9–29 knBeaufort 3–7 · near galegusts 44 knwaves 0.6–2.6 m9–11 °Cprecipitation up to 1.3 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 Whalsay to Laxo today?

There are 12 sailings today from Whalsay to Laxo: the first at 05:00, the last at 22:45.

How long is the ferry from Whalsay to Laxo?

The crossing takes 30 min.

Which ferry companies sail from Whalsay to Laxo?

The route is operated by Shetland Ferries.

What time is the first and last ferry from Whalsay to Laxo?

The first ferry usually leaves at 05:00 and the last at 22:45, local time in Whalsay.

How often does the ferry from Whalsay to Laxo run?

126 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Shetland Ferries currently sails from Whalsay to Laxo every day, 12 to 20 times a day. The first departure is usually at 05:00 and the last at 22:45.

The crossing takes 30 min. In the next 14 days, 4 of the 252 sailings arrive the day after they leave.

From Whalsay, ferries also sail to Out Skerries. Laxo can also be reached by ferry from Out Skerries. In the other direction, from Laxo to Whalsay, there are 127 sailings a week.

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