Mediterranean Sea — Spain

Alicante - Tabarca

19.7 km
Distance
Alicante ↔ Tabarca
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
52
Swimmers
51
Countries
4
Women
8%
Median time
5:36
Busiest month
May

Crossings per year

Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.

2040201120122013201420152016
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
201646004:48:224:48:22
2015000——
20142016:206:20
2013000——
20121016:366:36
2011101——

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is May.

0.51JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May133%
June133%
July00%
August00%
September00%
October00%
November133%
December00%

Women and men

8%Women
  • Women4 · 8%
  • Men45 · 87%
  • Relays or not stated3 · 6%

Equipment and format

52Crossings
  • — · Race49 · 94%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo3 · 6%

Where swimmers come from

4Countries
  • 🇪🇸 Spain46 · 94%
  • 🇦🇷 Argentina1 · 2%
  • 🇵🇱 Poland1 · 2%
  • 🇺🇸 United States1 · 2%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 5:39:06, median 5:36.

124:305:005:306:006:30

Times year by year

Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.

4:52:145:42:116:32:0820122013201420152016
Median timeBest

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

6:20:356:286:35:25201220132014
— · Race
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
2016Jose Luis Larrosa4:48:22—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Jun 12, 2014Margarita Llorens Bagur🇪🇸6:20−0:16
May 27, 2012Margarita Llorens Bagur🇪🇸6:36—

Countries

  • 🇪🇸 Spain46
  • 🇦🇷 Argentina1
  • 🇵🇱 Poland1
  • 🇺🇸 United States1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇪🇸 Spain4646:20Jorge Crivilles Villanueva🇪🇸 · Nov 19, 2011
🇦🇷 Argentina10—Fernando S. Espina Velaz🇦🇷 · 2016
🇵🇱 Poland10—Krzysztof Gajewski🇵🇱 · 2016
🇺🇸 United States104:52—

Where swimmers land

  • Alicante city48
  • Alicante4

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.