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Porto Santo Line adds sailings on 5 November

· Updated · Madeira Journal News Desk

Porto Santo Line is opening extra sailings on Thursday 5 November 2026, Funchal Notícias reported from the operator's notice.

Hand-painted cream and cobalt picture of the Porto Santo Line ferry Lobo Marinho leaving Funchal harbour, with no people
AI-generated illustration after a photo by Ein Dahmer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

What happened

The notice lists Funchal to Porto Santo at 08:00 and at 16:00, with 16:00 marked extra, and Porto Santo to Funchal at 12:00, marked extra, and at 20:00. Porto Santo Line says the trips give passengers another way to visit Porto Santo that Thursday.

What it means for you

The clock times below are the ones in that notice. The operator's timetable is the page to check before booking. Related guide: Porto Santo ferry from Madeira: timetable tips and day-trip plan.

What to do

Call +351 291 210 300, message WhatsApp +351 962 025 500, or email infopsl@gruposousa.pt. Those contacts are on the operator's contacts page. The operator's contacts page gives the contact centre hours for October to December as Monday to Friday 09:00 to 19:00 and Saturday and Sunday 09:00 to 13:00 and 14:30 to 18:00, closed on public holidays; the Monday-to-Sunday 09:00 to 19:00 clock Funchal Notícias quotes is the June-to-September one.

Times in the Porto Santo Line notice carried by Funchal Notícias for Thursday 5 November 2026. The 16:00 sailing to Porto Santo and the 12:00 return are marked extra.
CrossingTimes
Funchal to Porto Santo08:00 and 16:00 (extra)
Porto Santo to Funchal12:00 (extra) and 20:00
Times in the Porto Santo Line notice carried by Funchal Notícias for Thursday 5 November 2026. The 16:00 sailing to Porto Santo and the 12:00 return are marked extra. Source: Funchal Notícias.

Sources

Publication times are the times on the source items, in Europe/Lisbon.

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