A damaged propeller means Wightlink's FastCats are suspended - on the same morning school and work commute that sees Hovertravel's hovercraft off due to the weather.
Replacement buses, minibuses and taxis are taking stranded passengers to Wightlink's Fishbourne car ferry terminal.
Wightlink's Wight Ryder 2 hit debris in the water on its last journey last night (Monday) and is out of service.
The cross-Solent operator's second boat is currently being refitted and adverse weather means the hovers are off too.
How do I get a service to the mainland?
Our services are cancelled due to adverse weather. The next update will be at 05:45 tomorrow (09/11/22). Our tickets are accepted on the car ferry and there is an hourly bus departing from Ryde Hover Terminal at xx:30 & Fishbourne at xx:00 until 21:00.https://t.co/fQWmyuk500
— Hovertravelltd (@HovertravelLtd) November 8, 2022
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For Wightlink Fastcat passengers (those due to travel from Ryde Pier to Portsmouth Harbour), a minibus and taxis are taking customers from Ryde Pier to Fishbourne. From there, they will travel by Wightlink's car ferry.
For Hovertravel passengers (on the Ryde to Southsea route), a bus will take stranded travellers to Fishbourne, from 9.30am.
Wightlink tickets are also valid on this service.
A bus will leaves the Hovertravel terminal at 30 minutes past the hour and Fishbourne on the hour, from 9.30am.
Wightlink said: "We apologise for the disruption to customers’ travel plans."
Hovertravel, which has faced significant weather-related travel disruption in recent days, will be off until at least lunchtime.
Last night, Hovertravel also announced it had technical difficulties, though its services had resumed again.
Alternative options
Red Funnel and Red Jets are running as normal to Southampton.
On Wightlink's Lymington to Yarmouth route, the 8.40 FROM Lymington is cancelled.
Island Line cancellations
Due to industrial action on the mainland, which means signals cannot be operated, Island Line services are cancelled between 7pm and 7am, until Thursday (November 10).
Until that time, replacement buses will run along the Island Line train route, between Ryde and Shanklin.
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