Málaga to Santa Pola ferry

Ferries from Málaga to Santa Pola start at €23.99 and take 13h 39m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Málaga to Santa Pola starts at €23.99 and takes 13h 39m door to door, run by 2 operators over 396 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 14 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 13h 39mDoor to door
  • 12h 9mMoving
  • €23.99 to €61.94From
  • 06:07 to 06:16First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 45.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€23.99 to €61.94 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €57.54Wed16
  2. about €61.94Thu17
  3. about €60.29Fri18
  4. about €48.74Sat19
  5. about €48.19Sun20
  6. about €37.74Mon21
  7. about €33.34Tue22
  8. about €32.79Wed23
  9. about €43.79Thu24
  10. about €34.99Fri25
  11. about €42.14Sat26
  12. about €35.54Sun27
  13. about €31.69Mon28
  14. about €23.99Tue29

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Cheapest€23.99
  1. Grimaldi G652706:0713h 11m19:18Estación Marítima de MálagaSanta Pola

Door to door 14h 41mCO2 45.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Baleària€28.3912h 59m
Grimaldi€23.9913h 4m
  • Baleària
  • Grimaldi

The ferry gets you into Santa Pola. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Santa Pola for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Málaga to Santa Pola

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €31.6990 days
  2. €31.1460 days
  3. €26.1945 days
  4. €26.1930 days
  5. €28.3921 days
  6. €23.9914 days
  7. €33.347 days
  8. €60.293 days
  9. €57.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €23.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 151 percent. The dearest point is €60.29, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €35.54Sun
  2. €31.69Mon
  3. €28.39Tue
  4. €32.79Wed
  5. €43.79Thu
  6. €34.99Fri
  7. €42.14Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Málaga

Ferry
  • Estación Marítima de Málaga
  • MALAGA
  • Malaga Estacion Maritima

Santa Pola

Ferry
  • Santa Pola
  • Tabarca
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 396 km against 377 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Marbella, Alicante, Almería. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Málaga at 06:07 and the last at 06:16, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Málaga to Santa Pola

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola take?

The Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola takes 13h 39m door to door, of which 12h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 396 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola cost?

The Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola starts at €23.99 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €26.19. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola?

2 operators run the Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola: Baleària, Grimaldi. Between them they file around 2 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola use?

The Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola leaves from Estación Marítima de Málaga and arrives at Santa Pola. Allow about 1h 30m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola?

Fares for the Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €23.99. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 151 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola produce?

The Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola produces about 45.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 396 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola?

Operators on the Ferry from Málaga to Santa Pola publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 39m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Málaga to Santa Pola on 15 September 2026: 396 km of route against 377 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 13h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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