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Yarmouth to Lymington ferry times and today's sailings

Wightlink · 40 min · 15 sailings today · 6.3 km

Return: Ferry times from Lymington to Yarmouth
First sailing
06:55
usual time
Last sailing
21:50
usual time
Crossing time
40 min
Sailings a week
107
Distance
6.3 km
3.4 nmi

Map

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YarmouthLymington

Punctuality

143 sailings · 30 days · average delay 1 min

On time
97%
139
Late
3%
4
  • On time (up to 5 min): 139 (97%)
  • 5–15 min late: 4 (3%)
  • Half of the departures leave within 1 min of the scheduled time.

Network average, United Kingdom: 86% on time over 2,615 sailings.

Punctuality of every measured routeHow we measure

Delays today6 sailings measured so far today
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Operators on this route

OperatorSailings in the next 7 daysCrossing time
Wightlink10740 min

Timetable

Next 7 days · local time in Yarmouth
Sun 25 Oct06:5509:0010:0511:0512:0513:0514:0515:0516:0517:0518:0519:0520:0521:0521:50
Mon 26 Oct, Fri 30 Oct06:5507:5509:0510:0511:0512:0513:0514:0515:0516:0517:0518:0519:0520:0521:0521:50
Tue 27 Oct – Thu 29 Oct06:5507:5509:0510:0511:0512:0513:0514:0515:0516:0517:0518:0519:0520:0521:05
Sat 31 Oct06:5509:0510:0511:0512:0513:0514:0515:0516:0517:0518:0519:0520:0521:0521:50

Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 31 Jul 2027.

Weather at sea

PlaceTodaySun 25 OctTomorrowMon 26 Oct
Yarmouth
YarmouthWind from W 25 knBeaufort 6 · strong breezewaves 1.9–2.0 m13 °CWind from SW 19–28 knBeaufort 5–7 · near galegusts 30 knwaves 1.8–2.3 m13–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 4.4 km
Mid-crossing
Mid-crossingWind from W 25 knBeaufort 6 · strong breezewaves 1.4 m13 °CWind from SW 19–28 knBeaufort 5–7 · near galegusts 30 knwaves 1.3–1.8 m13–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.8 mm/hvisibility down to 4.4 km
Lymington
LymingtonWind from W 19–20 knBeaufort 5gusts 22 knwaves 1.4–1.5 m11 °CWind from SW 13–25 knBeaufort 4–6 · strong breezegusts 37 knwaves 1.3–1.8 m11–16 °Cprecipitation up to 0.9 mm/hvisibility down to 4.2 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 Yarmouth to Lymington today?

There are 15 sailings today from Yarmouth to Lymington: the first at 06:55, the last at 21:50.

How long is the ferry from Yarmouth to Lymington?

The crossing takes 40 min.

Which ferry companies sail from Yarmouth to Lymington?

The route is operated by Wightlink.

What time is the first and last ferry from Yarmouth to Lymington?

The first ferry usually leaves at 06:55 and the last at 21:50, local time in Yarmouth.

How often does the ferry from Yarmouth to Lymington run?

107 sailings are scheduled in the next 7 days.

About this route

Wightlink currently sails from Yarmouth to Lymington every day, 15 to 16 times a day. The first departure is usually at 06:55 and the last at 21:50; on the busiest days most departures are an hour apart.

The crossing covers 6.3 km (3.4 nmi) and takes 40 min.

Wight Sky and Wight Sun have sailed this route in the last 30 days. The return crossing from Lymington to Yarmouth has the same number of sailings a week.

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