Cardiff to Seaford ferry

Ferries from Cardiff to Seaford start at €23.44 and take 9h 55m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Cardiff to Seaford starts at €23.44 and takes 9h 55m door to door, run by 1 operator over 254 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 9h 55mDoor to door
  • 8h 25mMoving
  • €23.44From
  • 29.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€20.14
  1. Brittany Ferries BF907506:218h 25m14:46Cardiff Sailing Centre PontoonsNewhaven Ferry Port

Door to door 9h 55mCO2 29.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Brittany Ferries€20.148h 58m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Brittany Ferries

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Seaford is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Seaford railway station

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Booking window

When to book Cardiff to Seaford

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

  1. €25.0890 days
  2. €17.3960 days
  3. €16.2945 days
  4. €13.5430 days
  5. €22.8921 days
  6. €30.5914 days
  7. €35.537 days
  8. €34.443 days
  9. €43.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 223 percent. The most expensive point is €43.79, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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. €28.94Sun
  2. €23.44Mon
  3. €23.44Tue
  4. €23.99Wed
  5. €25.09Thu
  6. €31.14Fri
  7. €30.59Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Cardiff

Ferry
  • Cardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons
  • City Centre Water Bus Stop

Seaford

Ferry
  • Newhaven Ferry Port
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 254 km against 242 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 Chichester, Weston-super-Mare, Southampton, Bristol. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Cardiff at 06:21 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Cardiff to Seaford

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Cardiff to Seaford take?

The Ferry from Cardiff to Seaford takes 9h 55m door to door, of which 8h 25m is spent moving. The route runs 254 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 Cardiff to Seaford cost?

The Ferry from Cardiff to Seaford starts at €23.44 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €22.88. 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 Cardiff to Seaford?

1 operators run the Ferry from Cardiff to Seaford: Brittany Ferries. Between them they file around 3 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 Cardiff to Seaford use?

The Ferry from Cardiff to Seaford leaves from Cardiff Sailing Centre Pontoons and arrives at Newhaven Ferry Port. 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 Cardiff to Seaford?

Fares for the Ferry from Cardiff to Seaford bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.54. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 223 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Cardiff to Seaford produce?

The Ferry from Cardiff to Seaford produces about 29.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 254 km, which works out at roughly 115 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Ferry from Cardiff to Seaford?

Operators on the Ferry from Cardiff to Seaford publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 55m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

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.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Cardiff to Seaford on September 12, 2026: 254 km of route against 242 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €23.44, and 9h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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