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Athens (Rafina) to Heraklion

1 operator run this water, from 8 h 20. Heraklion has an airport 3 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

SeaJets Athens (Rafina) → Heraklion 321 km fast crossing 8 h 20 "fast" rate not held 39 km/h average
Operator not recorded Athens (Rafina) → Heraklion 321 km crossing not held rate not held

Other ways to reach Heraklion

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Heraklion without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Santorini (Thira) – Heraklion 1 h 35 Blue Star Ferries, SeaJets
Sitia – Heraklion 2 h 15 Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Anafi – Heraklion 2 h 55 Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries
Ios – Heraklion 3 h 05 Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Naxos – Heraklion 3 h 20 Blue Star Ferries, SeaJets
Paros – Heraklion 3 h 35 Cyclades Fast Ferries, Hellenic Seaways
Katapola – Heraklion 4 h 07 SeaJets
Mykonos – Heraklion 4 h 20 Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Folegandros – Heraklion 4 h 30 SeaJets

And other ways to reach Athens (Rafina)

Andros – Athens (Rafina) 1 h 05 Cyclades Fast Ferries, Golden Star Ferries
Tinos – Athens (Rafina) 2 h 10 Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Mykonos – Athens (Rafina) 2 h 40 Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Paros – Athens (Rafina) 3 h 25 Cyclades Fast Ferries, Golden Star Ferries
Syros – Athens (Rafina) 4 h 10 SeaJets
Naxos – Athens (Rafina) 4 h 15 Blue Star Ferries, Cyclades Fast Ferries
Ios – Athens (Rafina) 4 h 25 Golden Star Ferries
Santorini (Thira) – Athens (Rafina) 5 h 20 Golden Star Ferries

Where else these quays go

Also from Athens (Rafina)

Andros · Evdilos · Folegandros · Ios · Iraklia · Karlovassi · Katapola · Koufonissi · Mykonos · Naxos · Paros · Rethymno · Santorini (Thira) · Schinoussa

Also from Heraklion

Anafi · Andros · Chalki · Diafani · Folegandros · Ios · Karpathos · Kasos · Katapola · Koufonissi · Limassol · Milos · Mykonos · Naxos

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Athens (Rafina)–Heraklion crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.