Coral Sea — Australia

Cairns - Green Island

27.9 km
Distance
Cairns ↔ Green Island
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
4
Swimmers
3
Countries
2
Women
0%
Median time
8:13:30
Busiest month
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Crossings per year

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

0.511980198519901995200020052010
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
20141017:067:06
2013000——
2012000——
2011000——
20101017:547:54
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19781108:338:33
19771108:33:018:33:01

Women and men

0%Women
  • Women0 · 0%
  • Men2 · 50%
  • Relays or not stated2 · 50%

Equipment and format

4Crossings
  • Skin · Solo2 · 50%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo2 · 50%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇦🇺 Australia3 · 75%
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1 · 25%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 8:01:30, median 8:13:30.

127:007:308:008:30

Times year by year

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

7:09:087:49:318:29:531980199020002010
Median timeBest

The record over time

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

7:09:087:49:318:29:531980199020002010
Skin · SoloWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
1978Eddie Lovelock🇦🇺8:33−0:00:01
1977Eddie Lovelock🇦🇺8:33:01—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
2014Cameron Keith🇬🇧7:06−0:48
2010Chris Palfrey🇦🇺7:54—

Countries

  • 🇦🇺 Australia3
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇦🇺 Australia307:54Eddie Lovelock🇦🇺 · 1977
🇬🇧 United Kingdom107:06Cameron Keith🇬🇧 · 2014

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.