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Kalymnos to Symi

3 operators run this water, from 2 h 05 to 6 h 50 — a difference of 4 h 45 on the same crossing. Symi has an airport 32 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.

Dodekanisos Seaways Kalymnos → Symi 84 km fast crossing 2 h 05 "fast" rate not held 40 km/h average
Operator not recorded Kalymnos → Symi 84 km crossing 4 h 45 rate not held 18 km/h average
Blue Star Ferries Kalymnos → Symi 84 km conventional crossing 5 h 20 rate not held 16 km/h average
SAOS Ferries Kalymnos → Symi 84 km conventional crossing 6 h 50 rate not held 12 km/h average
Dodekanisos Seaways Kalymnos → Symi 84 km conventional crossing not held rate not held
Blue Star Ferries Kalymnos → Symi 85 km crossing not held rate not held

Other ways to reach Symi

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

Panormitis – Symi 35 min Anes Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Rhodes – Symi 1 h 02 Anes Ferries, Blue Star Ferries
Kos – Symi 1 h 25 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Tilos – Symi 1 h 28 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Nisyros – Symi 2 h 44 Blue Star Ferries, SAOS Ferries
Leros – Symi 2 h 55 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Lipsi – Symi 3 h 20 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Patmos – Symi 3 h 45 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Agathonisi – Symi 3 h 50 Dodekanisos Seaways

And other ways to reach Kalymnos

Pserimos – Kalymnos 20 min Anem Ferries, LAFASI
Kos – Kalymnos 35 min Anem Ferries, Blue Star Ferries
Leros – Kalymnos 45 min Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Lipsi – Kalymnos 1 h 10 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Nisyros – Kalymnos 1 h 30 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Patmos – Kalymnos 1 h 35 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Agathonisi – Kalymnos 1 h 50 Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries
Astypalea – Kalymnos 2 h 12 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Tilos – Kalymnos 2 h 15 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Chalki – Kalymnos 2 h 55 Dodekanisos Seaways

Where else these quays go

Also from Kalymnos

Agathonisi · Agios Kirikos · Arki · Astypalea · Chalki · Evdilos · Fournoi · Karlovassi · Karpathos · Kasos · Kastelorizo · Kos · Leros · Lipsi

Also from Symi

Agathonisi · Agios Kirikos · Astypalea · Bodrum · Chalki · Datca · Evdilos · Fournoi · Karpathos · Kasos · Kastelorizo · Kos · Leros · Lipsi

Which months this runs

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

Our records for the Kalymnos–Symi 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. The choice between Dodekanisos Seaways at 2 h 05 and SAOS Ferries at 6 h 50 is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.

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