Route — South Africa
Across False Bay (Miller's Point - Rooi Els)
- 32.5 km
- Distance
- Miller's Point ↔ Rooi-Els
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
Loading…
- Crossings
- 72
- Swimmers
- 83
- Countries
- 9
- Women
- 54%
- Median time
- 11:01:30
- Busiest month
- January
Crossings per year
Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
Show the data as a table
| Year | Crossings | Skin | Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear | Best | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 9:48:45 | 11:40:17 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 8:13:27 | 10:37:31 |
| 2024 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 7:28:15 | 11:39:23 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9:39:59 | 10:52:38 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8:08:15 | 8:29:25 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8:39:50 | 8:39:50 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:05 | 11:05 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9:17 | 9:17 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:58 | 10:58 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:18 | 14:18 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9:56 | 9:56 |
When people swim it
The month with most crossings is January.
Show the data as a table
| Month | Crossings | % |
|---|---|---|
| January | 17 | 24% |
| February | 12 | 17% |
| March | 17 | 24% |
| April | 5 | 7% |
| May | 5 | 7% |
| June | 0 | 0% |
| July | 0 | 0% |
| August | 0 | 0% |
| September | 0 | 0% |
| October | 2 | 3% |
| November | 7 | 10% |
| December | 7 | 10% |
Women and men
54%Women
- Women38 · 53%
- Men32 · 44%
- Relays or not stated2 · 3%
Equipment and format
72Crossings
- Skin · Solo48 · 67%
- Skin · Relay16 · 22%
- Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo7 · 10%
- Assisted · Solo1 · 1%
Starting side
72Crossings
- From Miller's Point60 · 83%
- From Rooi-Els9 · 13%
- Direction not declared3 · 4%
Single and multiple
72Crossings
- One-way69 · 96%
- Two-way3 · 4%
Where swimmers come from
9Countries
- 🇿🇦 South Africa56 · 78%
- 🇮🇪 Ireland5 · 7%
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom4 · 6%
- 🇮🇳 India2 · 3%
- 🇦🇺 Australia1 · 1%
- 🇧🇪 Belgium1 · 1%
- 🇧🇷 Brazil1 · 1%
- 2 other countries2 · 3%
Age at the crossing
Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.
Youngest: Kay-Lee Mouton🇿🇦, 15 · Oldest: Graham du Toit🇿🇦, 65
Time distribution
Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 11:21:37, median 11:01:30.
Times year by year
Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.
Median timeBest
The record over time
Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.
Skin · SoloSkin · RelayWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
Skin · Solo
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2024 | Barend Nortje🇿🇦 | 7:28:15 | −0:40 |
| Mar 1, 2022 | Kyle Allan Stephens🇿🇦 | 8:08:15 | −0:31:35 |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Ryan Christofer Stramrood🇿🇦 | 8:39:50 | −0:37:10 |
| Mar 5, 2007 | Barend Nortje🇿🇦 | 9:17 | −0:39 |
| Jan 30, 1989 | Annemie Landmeters🇧🇪 | 9:56 | — |
Skin · Relay
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2021 | Anthony Pearse🇿🇦, Barend Nortje🇿🇦, Brad Gale🇿🇦, Mark Chamberlin🇿🇦 | 7:28:50 | −1:17:22 |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Eva Dirksen🇿🇦, Katherine Persson🇿🇦, Georgina Smith🇿🇦, Karen Graaff🇿🇦 | 8:46:12 | — |
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2026 | Rebecca Norval Thomas🇿🇦 | 9:49:14 | −0:15:06 |
| Nov 23, 2024 | Graeme King🇿🇦 | 10:04:20 | −3:52:08 |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Chris Oldnall🇿🇦 | 13:56:28 | — |
Assisted · Solo
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2026 | Ieva Lobaciute🇱🇹 | 11:24:37 | — |
Countries
- 🇿🇦 South Africa56
- 🇮🇪 Ireland5
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom4
- 🇮🇳 India2
- 🇦🇺 Australia1
- 🇧🇪 Belgium1
- 🇧🇷 Brazil1
- 🇭🇷 Croatia1
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania1
Show the data as a table
| Country | Crossings | Women | Best | First from the country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 56 | 29 | 7:28:15 | Steven Klugman🇿🇦 · Feb 15, 2004 |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 5 | 2 | 9:14:21 | Dave Berry🇮🇪 · Jan 20, 2024 |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 4 | 3 | 9:53:32 | Ned Denison🇬🇧 · Dec 31, 2012 |
| 🇮🇳 India | 2 | 0 | 9:46:49 | Shubham Dhananjay Vanmali🇮🇳 · Apr 13, 2023 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 1 | 0 | 11:40:17 | Yolanda Carstens🇦🇺 · Mar 5, 2026 |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | 1 | 1 | 9:56 | Annemie Landmeters🇧🇪 · Jan 30, 1989 |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1 | 1 | 11:35:32 | Alessandra Rossi Cima🇧🇷 · Mar 22, 2024 |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | 1 | 1 | 11:39:23 | Dina Levacic🇭🇷 · Feb 8, 2024 |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 1 | 1 | 11:24:37 | Ieva Lobaciute🇱🇹 · Jan 14, 2026 |