6 December 2024

Customer Update - Storm Darragh

Update: 6 December 2024

With the arrival of Storm Darragh expected over the weekend of 6-8 December, the Met Office has said that adverse weather conditions are predicted to affect the UK, including parts of Scotland.   

At the time of writing, a large area of low pressure will bring strong winds and some heavy rain to the UK and National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued. 

A large yellow wind warning covering much of the UK is in place from 3pm today to 6am on Sunday, together with yellow rain warnings for southern Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. There is also a risk of snow on the northern flank of this storm and a snow warning for parts of Scotland overnight has been issued. 

Our services   

With the arrival of such conditions, it may be that some of our services may be delayed or cancelled in the areas of the network affected, to ensure the safety of customers and colleagues, which is our priority. We will keep customers updated with the latest information via the service status pages on our website, our app and our X (formerly Twitter) page @CalMac_Updates.    

Planning ahead  

Please always check our service status pages before you set off.     

With road conditions expected to be affected in many areas, please consider building in extra time for your journey to ports and ferry terminals.    

Also follow our advice on staying in touch with us too - as circumstances and conditions can change at short notice. In addition to checking our service status pages which carry the latest information on each route, you can stay connected by:   

  • Signing up to our text subscription service for your route, if you’ve not already done so   

Should you need to speak with us, direct message or tweet us at @CalMac_Updates from 8am-8pm, 7 days a week, or call our customer engagement centre.

You can also find out more about our decision-making process around weather related disruptions on the Help section of our website.    

Take care. Thank you.