Atlantic Ocean — South Africa

Blouberg - Three Anchor Bay

13.4 km
Distance
Blouberg ↔ Three Anchor Bay
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
3
Swimmers
3
Countries
2
Women
0%
Median time
5:43
Busiest month
January

Crossings per year

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

0.511985199019952000200520102015
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
20191015:005:00
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20041016:426:42
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19811105:435:43

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is January.

0.51JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January1100%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July00%
August00%
September00%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

0%Women
  • Women0 · 0%
  • Men3 · 100%

Equipment and format

3Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo2 · 67%
  • Skin · Solo1 · 33%

Starting side

3Crossings
  • From Blouberg1 · 33%
  • From Three Anchor Bay2 · 67%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇿🇦 South Africa2 · 67%
  • 🇮🇳 India1 · 33%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 5:48:20, median 5:43.

0.515:005:306:006:30

Times year by year

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

5:03:405:516:38:20199020002010
Median timeBest

The record over time

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

5:03:405:516:38:20200520102015
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Jan 13, 2019Tyron Venter🇿🇦5:00−1:42
2004Aditya Santosh Raut🇮🇳6:42—
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
1981Peter Elwin Bales🇿🇦5:43—

Countries

  • 🇿🇦 South Africa2
  • 🇮🇳 India1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇿🇦 South Africa205:00Peter Elwin Bales🇿🇦 · 1981
🇮🇳 India106:42Aditya Santosh Raut🇮🇳 · 2004

Where swimmers land

  • Bloubergstrand2
  • Three Anchor Bay1

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.