Western Ferries: ferry status today, routes and timetables
2 routes · 4 ships · 92 sailings today
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Status today
No live data right now: statuses follow the published timetable.
Key
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- Cancelled
Departures in the next 2 hours
Hunters Quay → McInroy's Point
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Timetable
Next 7 days · local time in Hunters Quay
| Sun 25 Oct | 07:0008:0008:3009:0009:3010:0010:1510:3010:4511:0011:1511:3011:4512:0012:1512:3012:4513:0013:1513:3013:4514:0014:1514:3014:4515:0015:1515:3015:4516:0016:1516:3016:4517:0017:2017:4018:0018:2018:4019:0019:3020:0020:3021:0022:0023:30 |
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| Mon 26 Oct – Thu 29 Oct | 06:0006:3007:0007:2007:4008:0008:2008:4009:0009:2009:4010:0010:2010:4011:0011:2011:4012:0012:2012:4013:0013:2013:4014:0014:2014:4015:0015:2015:4016:0016:2016:4017:0017:2017:4018:0018:3019:0019:3020:0020:3021:0022:00 |
| Fri 30 Oct | 06:0006:3007:0007:2007:4008:0008:2008:4009:0009:2009:4010:0010:2010:4011:0011:2011:4012:0012:2012:4013:0013:2013:4014:0014:1514:3014:4515:0015:1515:3015:4516:0016:1516:3016:4517:0017:1517:3017:4518:0018:1518:3018:4519:0019:1519:3020:0020:3021:0021:3022:0023:30 |
| Sat 31 Oct | 07:0007:3008:0008:3009:0009:2009:4010:0010:2010:4011:0011:2011:4012:0012:2012:4013:0013:2013:4014:0014:2014:4015:0015:2015:4016:0016:2016:4017:0017:2017:4018:0018:2018:4019:0019:3020:0020:3021:0022:0023:30 |
Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.
McInroy's Point → Hunters Quay
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Timetable
Next 7 days · local time in McInroy's Point
| Sun 25 Oct | 07:3008:3009:0009:3010:0010:3010:4511:0011:1511:3011:4512:0012:1512:3012:4513:0013:1513:3013:4514:0014:1514:3014:4515:0015:1515:3015:4516:0016:1516:3016:4517:0017:1517:3017:5018:1018:3018:5019:1019:3020:0020:3021:0021:3022:3023:59 |
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| Mon 26 Oct – Thu 29 Oct | 06:3007:0007:3007:5008:1008:3008:5009:1009:3009:5010:1010:3010:5011:1011:3011:5012:1012:3012:5013:1013:3013:5014:1014:3014:5015:1015:3015:5016:1016:3016:5017:1017:3017:5018:1018:3019:0019:3020:0020:3021:0021:3022:30 |
| Fri 30 Oct | 06:3007:0007:3007:5008:1008:3008:5009:1009:3009:5010:1010:3010:5011:1011:3011:5012:1012:3012:5013:1013:3013:5014:1014:3014:4515:0015:1515:3015:4516:0016:1516:3016:4517:0017:1517:3017:4518:0018:1518:3018:4519:0019:1519:3019:4520:0020:3021:0021:3022:0022:3023:59 |
| Sat 31 Oct | 07:3008:0008:3009:0009:3009:5010:1010:3010:5011:1011:3011:5012:1012:3012:5013:1013:3013:5014:1014:3014:5015:1015:3015:5016:1016:3016:5017:1017:3017:5018:1018:3018:5019:1019:3020:0020:3021:0021:3022:3023:59 |
Timetable published from 22 Oct 2026 to 22 Jul 2027.
Weather at sea
| Place | TodaySun 25 Oct | TomorrowMon 26 Oct |
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| Hunters Quay | ||
| Hunters Quay | Wind from W 14–16 knBeaufort 4gusts 35 knwaves 0.4–0.5 m8–9 °Cprecipitation up to 0.2 mm/h | Wind from S 8–25 knBeaufort 3–6 · strong breezegusts 47 knwaves 0.2–1.2 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 6.3 mm/hvisibility down to 0.8 km |
| Mid-crossing | ||
| Mid-crossing | Wind from W 14–16 knBeaufort 4gusts 20 knwaves 0.4–0.5 m8–9 °Cprecipitation up to 0.2 mm/h | Wind from S 8–25 knBeaufort 3–6 · strong breezewaves 0.2–1.2 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 6.3 mm/hvisibility down to 1.5 km |
| McInroy's Point | ||
| McInroy's Point | Wind from W 14–16 knBeaufort 4gusts 35 knwaves 0.4–0.5 m8–9 °Cprecipitation up to 0.2 mm/h | Wind from S 8–25 knBeaufort 3–6 · strong breezegusts 47 knwaves 0.2–1.2 m8–15 °Cprecipitation up to 6.3 mm/hvisibility down to 1.7 km |
Forecast issued 25 Oct, 12:08. 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.
Fleet now
- Sound of SeilIn port at Hunters Quay
- Sound of SoayIn port at Hunters Quay
- Sound of ScarbaNo recent position
- Sound of ShunaNo recent position
Routes
Punctuality
1,166 sailings · 30 days · average delay 2 min
- On time
- 96%
- 1,125
- Late
- 4%
- 41
- On time (up to 5 min): 1,125 (96%)
- 5–15 min late: 40 (3%)
- 15–30 min late: 1 (1%)
- Half of the departures leave within 2 min of the scheduled time.
- When a departure is late, the typical delay is 7 min.
- Last 7 days: 95% on time, out of 442 sailings.
Questions about Western Ferries
Is Western Ferries running today?
Today’s timetable has 46 sailings from Hunters Quay to McInroy's Point (first at 07:00, last at 23:30) and 46 sailings from McInroy's Point to Hunters Quay (first at 07:30, last at 23:59). We have no live data on these sailings today: their statuses follow the published timetable.
How long is the Western Ferries crossing?
The crossing takes 20 min.
What time are the first and last Western Ferries sailings?
From Hunters Quay the first ferry usually leaves at 06:00 and the last at 22:00, local time. From McInroy's Point the first ferry usually leaves at 06:30 and the last at 22:30, local time.
How often does Western Ferries run?
In the next 7 days the timetable has 311 sailings from Hunters Quay to McInroy's Point and 311 sailings from McInroy's Point to Hunters Quay.
About Western Ferries
Western 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 622 scheduled departures.
According to the published timetables every crossing takes 20 min.
We know 4 ships of the Western Ferries fleet: Sound of Scarba, Sound of Seil, Sound of Shuna and Sound of Soay. Over the last 30 days we measured 1,166 departures; 96% of them left on time.