Cheapest€36.64
- Grimaldi G681506:0720h 10m02:17Embarque Mundo MarinoTerminal Marítima de Tarifa
Door to door 21h 40mCO2 71.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Xàbia to Tarifa ferry
Ferries from Xàbia to Tarifa start at €47.64 and take 21h 40m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Xàbia to Tarifa starts at €47.64 and takes 21h 40m door to door, run by 2 operators over 625 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 21h 40mDoor to door
- 20h 10mMoving
- €47.64From
- 71.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€59.18
- Baleària B394307:3018h 9m01:39Embarque Mundo MarinoAlgeciras Estacion Maritima
- Baleària B493402:2456m03:20Algeciras Estacion MaritimaTerminal Marítima de Tarifa
Changes at Algeciras, with 45 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 21h 20mCO2 71.9 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Baleària | €41.04 | 19h 25m |
 Grimaldi | €36.64 | 19h 36m |
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When to book Xàbia to Tarifa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €38.8490 days
- €30.5960 days
- €36.0945 days
- €42.6930 days
- €49.2921 days
- €56.9914 days
- €63.047 days
- €73.493 days
- €90.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.59.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 196 percent. The most expensive point is €90.54, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €60.29Sun
- €47.64Mon
- €51.49Tue
- €50.39Wed
- €56.99Thu
- €61.39Fri
- €60.84Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Javea
Ferry
- Embarque Mundo Marino
Tarifa
Ferry
- Terminal Marítima de Tarifa
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 625 km against 596 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 Algeciras, Marbella, La Línea de la Concepción, Málaga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Xàbia at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Xàbia to Tarifa
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 Xàbia to Tarifa take?
The Ferry from Xàbia to Tarifa takes 21h 40m door to door, of which 20h 10m is spent moving. The route runs 625 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 Xàbia to Tarifa cost?
The Ferry from Xàbia to Tarifa starts at €47.64 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €52.31. 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 Xàbia to Tarifa?
2 operators run the Ferry from Xàbia to Tarifa: Baleària, Grimaldi. Between them they file around 6 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 Xàbia to Tarifa use?
The Ferry from Xàbia to Tarifa leaves from Embarque Mundo Marino and arrives at Terminal Marítima de Tarifa. 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 Xàbia to Tarifa?
Fares for the Ferry from Xàbia to Tarifa bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.59. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 196 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Xàbia to Tarifa produce?
The Ferry from Xàbia to Tarifa produces about 71.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 625 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 Xàbia to Tarifa?
Operators on the Ferry from Xàbia to Tarifa publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 21h 40m 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.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Xàbia to Tarifa on September 10, 2026: 625 km of route against 596 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €47.64, and 21h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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