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Pacific Ocean — Fiji

Beachcomber Island - Viti Levu

18.7 km
Distance
Beachcomber Island ↔ Viti Levu
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Timeline

Computed from the recorded crossings: the first, the first by sex, the first from each country and every record broken.

  1. 2008
    First crossingNo! We're Team Queensland3:55
  2. 2008
    RecordNo! We're Team QueenslandWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 3:55
  3. 2009
    First womanAlexandra Paul
  4. 2010
    First manMichael Sheil
  5. 2010
    First from countryMichael Sheil🇦🇺 Australia
  6. 2010
    RecordMichael SheilsWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 3:46
  7. Aug 2011
    First from countryLouise Stevenson🇳🇿 New Zealand9:45

Crossings per decade

520002010

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.