Pentland Ferries: ferry status today, routes and timetables
2 routes · 6 sailings today
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Status today
No live data right now: statuses follow the published timetable.
Key
- Normal service
- Be aware
- Disruptions
- Cancelled
Departures in the next 2 hours
No departures in the next 2 hours. Next: St Margaret's Hope → Gills Bay, Mon 26 Oct 07:45.
St Margaret's Hope → Gills Bay
Tomorrow’s sailings
Today’s sailings
Timetable
Next 7 days · local time in St Margaret's Hope
| Sun 25 Oct – Sat 31 Oct | 07:4511:3017:00 |
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Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 21 Jun 2027.
Gills Bay → St Margaret's Hope
Tomorrow’s sailings
Today’s sailings
Timetable
Next 7 days · local time in Gills Bay
| Sun 25 Oct – Sat 31 Oct | 09:3013:3018:45 |
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Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 21 Jun 2027.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
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| St Margaret's Hope | ||
| St Margaret's Hope | Wind from W 41–45 knBeaufort 9 · strong galegusts 52 knwaves 1.8–2.0 m10–11 °Cprecipitation up to 0.9 mm/hvisibility down to 3.7 km | Wind from W 16–42 knBeaufort 4–9 · strong galegusts 50 knwaves 0.6–1.8 m9–13 °Cprecipitation up to 4.3 mm/hvisibility down to 2.2 km |
| Mid-crossing | ||
| Mid-crossing | Wind from W 41–45 knBeaufort 9 · strong galegusts 59 knwaves 6.3–6.8 m10–11 °Cprecipitation up to 0.9 mm/hvisibility down to 3.9 km | Wind from W 16–42 knBeaufort 4–9 · strong galegusts 54 knwaves 2.0–6.0 m9–13 °Cprecipitation up to 4.3 mm/hvisibility down to 2.2 km |
| Gills Bay | ||
| Gills Bay | Wind from W 39–43 knBeaufort 8–9 · strong galegusts 58 knwaves 6.1–6.7 m8–10 °Cprecipitation up to 1.0 mm/hvisibility down to 4.0 km | Wind from W 13–39 knBeaufort 4–8 · galegusts 48 knwaves 2.0–6.0 m7–13 °Cprecipitation up to 2.8 mm/hvisibility down to 1.8 km |
Forecast issued 25 Oct, 12:13. 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.
Routes
Questions about Pentland Ferries
Is Pentland Ferries running today?
Today’s timetable has 3 sailings from St Margaret's Hope to Gills Bay (first at 07:45, last at 17:00) and 3 sailings from Gills Bay to St Margaret's Hope (first at 09:30, last at 18:45). We have no live data on these sailings today: their statuses follow the published timetable.
How long is the Pentland Ferries crossing?
The crossing takes 1 h 10 min.
What time are the first and last Pentland Ferries sailings?
From St Margaret's Hope the first ferry usually leaves at 07:45 and the last at 17:00, local time. From Gills Bay the first ferry usually leaves at 09:30 and the last at 18:45, local time.
How often does Pentland Ferries run?
In the next 7 days the timetable has 21 sailings from St Margaret's Hope to Gills Bay and 21 sailings from Gills Bay to St Margaret's Hope.
About Pentland Ferries
Pentland Ferries runs 2 routes in the timetables we follow, calling at 2 ports in the United Kingdom. Over the next 7 days they add up to 42 scheduled departures.
According to the published timetables every crossing takes 1 h 10 min.