Landing Point · GG Guernsey
| Cable | Status |
|---|---|
| Guernsey-Jersey-4 | Active |
| High-capacity Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre (HUGO) | Active |
RTT measurements to this landing point from 2026-03-28 through 2026-06-02 — live ICMP round-trip time via RIPE Atlas probes. Recomputed daily. ✓ No anomalies detected in the monitored period.
| Probe | Location | Samples | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2958 | RIPE Atlas | 99 | 57.3 ms |
| #1014473 own probe | Minsk BY | 4 | 51.1 ms |
| #1014597 own probe | Tbilisi GE | 4 | 67.9 ms |
| #1014969 own probe | Jerusalem IL | 4 | 77.4 ms |
| #1014589 own probe | Almaty KZ | 3 | 128.7 ms |
| #1015523 own probe | Moscow RU | 1 | 60.5 ms |
| #1015563 own probe | Saint Petersburg RU | 1 | 56.3 ms |
Saints Bay is a landing point on the island of Guernsey, a Crown dependency situated in the English Channel. Two submarine cables make landfall here, connecting Guernsey to the broader regional network that spans the United Kingdom, France, and the neighbouring island of Jersey. These connections place Saints Bay within both an intercontinental-adjacent corridor linking the British Isles to continental Europe, and a shorter inter-island corridor serving the Channel Islands group.
Among the cables landing at Saints Bay, the High-capacity Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre (HUGO) system is the more far-reaching, extending to France and the United Kingdom. The Guernsey-Jersey-4 cable complements this by providing a direct inter-island link to Jersey. Together, the two systems make Saints Bay a notable node within Guernsey's submarine cable geography.
High-capacity Undersea Guernsey Optical-fibre (HUGO) is a 425-kilometre submarine cable that reached ready-for-service (RFS) status in 2007. In addition to Guernsey, the system connects France and the United Kingdom, enabling a cross-channel route that links the island directly to two of the largest economies in Western Europe. HUGO represents the primary long-distance international connection at this landing point.
Guernsey-Jersey-4 is a 36-kilometre submarine cable with an RFS date of 1994, making it the earliest cable to land at Saints Bay. The system connects Guernsey to Jersey, providing a short but dedicated inter-island link between two of the principal Channel Islands. Its comparatively modest length reflects the proximity of the two islands across the Channel.
Guernsey hosts four submarine cables across three landing points. Saints Bay shares the island's cable infrastructure with L'Ancresse Bay, which also serves two cables, and Pembroke, which serves one. With two cables, Saints Bay is jointly the most active landing point in Guernsey by cable count alongside L'Ancresse Bay.
Saints Bay functions as a multi-cable landing point, hosting one long-haul international system and one inter-island system. HUGO provides Guernsey with connectivity to both France and the United Kingdom through a single cable infrastructure, while Guernsey-Jersey-4 sustains direct communication between the two principal Channel Island jurisdictions. The combination of these two systems means Saints Bay supports connectivity across two distinct scales: a regional cross-channel corridor and a localised inter-island link.
The presence of two cables at Saints Bay, one dating to 1994 and one to 2007, reflects the incremental development of Guernsey's submarine cable network over more than a decade. Within the three-node submarine cable graph of Guernsey, Saints Bay carries the same cable count as L'Ancresse Bay, reinforcing its position as one of the island's two principal landing points.
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