Irish Sea — Ireland

Bray Head - Dun Laoghaire

11.8 km
Distance
Bray Head ↔ Dun Laoghaire
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
6
Swimmers
5
Countries
2
Women
67%
Median time
2:37:57
Busiest month
May

Crossings per year

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

123201420162018202020222024
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
20243032:37:532:37:57
20231012:312:31
20221013:143:14
2021000——
2020000——
2019000——
2018000——
2017000——
2016000——
2015000——
2014101——

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is May.

0.51JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May125%
June125%
July00%
August125%
September125%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

67%Women
  • Women4 · 67%
  • Men2 · 33%

Equipment and format

6Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo6 · 100%

Single and multiple

6Crossings
  • One-way5 · 83%
  • Two-way1 · 17%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland4 · 67%
  • 🇦🇺 Australia2 · 33%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 2:45:13, median 2:37:57.

1232:303:00

Times year by year

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

2:32:332:52:303:12:27202220232024
Median timeBest

The record over time

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

2:32:332:52:303:12:2720222023
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
May 19, 2023Dave Berry🇮🇪2:31−0:43
Sep 14, 2022Brianna Isabelle Thompson🇦🇺3:14—

Countries

  • 🇮🇪 Ireland4
  • 🇦🇺 Australia2
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇮🇪 Ireland422:31Rachel Doyle🇮🇪 · Aug 2014
🇦🇺 Australia222:38Brianna Isabelle Thompson🇦🇺 · Sep 14, 2022

Where swimmers land

  • Bray Head2
  • Bray beach1
  • Bray beach south, Co. Wicklow1
  • Bray head1
  • Bray Head, Co Wicklow, Ireland1

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.