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Route — South Africa

Blouberg - Melkbosstrand

7.9 km
Distance
Big Bay, Bloubergstrand ↔ Melkbosstrand
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. Feb 10, 2011
    First crossingMartin Vleggaar2:55
  2. Feb 10, 2011
    First from countryMartin Vleggaar🇿🇦 South Africa2:55
  3. Feb 10, 2011
    RecordMartin VleggaarSkin · Solo · 2:55
  4. Feb 23, 2016
    First womanKaron Marx3:15

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.

Source: Cape Long Distance Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.