Due to forecast of adverse weather, the South Uist - Oban ferry service is liable to disruption or cancellation at short notice on Monday said CalMac.

It follows a forecast of strong southwesterly winds with rough seas for the area.

The Sunday teatime crossings on the Sound of Barra were cancelled due to weather conditions.

Meanwhile, CalMac is due to provide an update regarding MV Lord of the Isles’ (Loti) return to South Uist which is still posted as Thursday 15 May but is dependant on MV Finlaggan completing her annual overhaul on time. The Loti is covering the Islay route while the Finlaggan is in drydock.

MV Hebrides, which resumed service on her Skye triangle route at the weekend, is operating an amended timetable on Monday due to livestock sales in North Uist. She will transport livestock wagons across to the sale, leaving Uig at 5.15am and departing Lochmaddy at 7.20am.

Normal timetable will resume with the 9.30am sailing from Uig. The afternoon run out of Tarbert will divert to Lochmaddy to pick up livestock traffic before steaming onward to Skye. As a result. the normally timetabled early evening sailing from Uig to Lochmaddy be delayed.

Ferry disruption

27 April 2025