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The Red Funnel team strives to keep our passengers updated about any potential travel disruptions, delays, or changes to service status. Below you’ll find our latest travel updates as well as the live status of the next 15 departures from the Isle of Wight and Southampton, along with our vessel map displaying the latest positions of our ferries.

Travel Updates

We’re extending our Winter Timetable by six days until Wednesday 1 April, due to a delay with Red Eagle returning from her annual refit.

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Affected customers will be contacted shortly with any updates to their travel times and will have the option to amend or cancel their sailing accordingly. If you'd like to make changes to your booking, please visit our amend / cancellation page

As the vessel was coming to the end of refit, an additional critical part was identified as requiring replacement. This is initially due to an issue identified with a newly installed part supplied by a 3rd party which occurred earlier in the refit.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused to our customers and thank you for your patience and understanding.

Please continue to check our service status for the latest sailing updates.

For fans travelling back to the Island from the Southampton vs Arsenal match on Saturday 4th April, we will adding an additional round trip that night to accommodate fans.

Updated sailings will depart as follows:

From Southampton: 00:10
From West Cowes: 00:45

The scheduled 23:55 vehicle ferry will also sail as normal for fans travelling to East Cowes.

VEHICLE FERRY LIFTS

Are you due to travel on the Vehicle Ferry and need to use the lift on your crossing? Please call us on 023 8001 9192 in advance of your sailing for assistance.

If you have not called in advance, and need lift access, please inform check-in on arrival so we can load you on the appropriate deck to access the working lift.

Real-Time ferry service status & updates

From Southampton See Our Upcoming Sailings

From Isle of Wight See Our Upcoming Sailings

Date & Time Date Time Service Route Departing Arriving
01/04/2026 10:20 01/04/2026 10:20 RedJet
Southampton T2 West Cowes
Southampton T2 West Cowes
01/04/2026 10:30 01/04/2026 10:30
Southampton T1 East Cowes
Southampton T1 East Cowes
01/04/2026 11:15 01/04/2026 11:15 Freight Only
Southampton T1 East Cowes
Southampton T1 East Cowes
01/04/2026 11:30 01/04/2026 11:30 RedJet
Southampton T2 West Cowes
Southampton T2 West Cowes
01/04/2026 12:00 01/04/2026 12:00
Southampton T1 East Cowes
Southampton T1 East Cowes
01/04/2026 12:40 01/04/2026 12:40 RedJet
Southampton T2 West Cowes
Southampton T2 West Cowes
01/04/2026 13:30 01/04/2026 13:30
Southampton T1 East Cowes
Southampton T1 East Cowes
01/04/2026 13:50 01/04/2026 13:50 RedJet
Southampton T2 West Cowes
Southampton T2 West Cowes
01/04/2026 15:00 01/04/2026 15:00 RedJet
Southampton T2 West Cowes
Southampton T2 West Cowes
01/04/2026 15:00 01/04/2026 15:00
Southampton T1 East Cowes
Southampton T1 East Cowes
01/04/2026 16:10 01/04/2026 16:10 RedJet
Southampton T2 West Cowes
Southampton T2 West Cowes
01/04/2026 16:30 01/04/2026 16:30
Southampton T1 East Cowes
Southampton T1 East Cowes
01/04/2026 17:20 01/04/2026 17:20 RedJet
Southampton T2 West Cowes
Southampton T2 West Cowes
01/04/2026 18:00 01/04/2026 18:00
Southampton T1 East Cowes
Southampton T1 East Cowes
01/04/2026 18:30 01/04/2026 18:30 RedJet
Southampton T2 West Cowes
Southampton T2 West Cowes

Journey times: Red Jet 28 minutes, Vehicle Ferry 60 minutes, Freight Ferry 70 minutes.
Freight-only sailings have restricted capacity and are available for freight vehicles only. These sailings are not available to book online.

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