Mar Tirreno — Italy

Capo Calavá - Vulcano Island

23.8 km
Distance
Vulcano ↔ Capo Calavà
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

These crossings are documented: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones. Source Baiadigrotta.it.

Traditional knitted textile swimsuit, cap and goggles: no wetsuit and no tech suit; no contact with the boat and no drafting behind it.

Podium · Skin · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    Nino Fazio🇮🇹
    6:27:23 · 1987 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 1
    Nino Fazio🇮🇹
    6:27:23 · Jul 18, 1987 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  3. 3
    8:01:09 · Sep 21, 1989 · 3 in Skin · Solo

3 of 17

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Nino Fazio19876:27:23
1Nino FazioJul 18, 19876:27:23
3Cristina ScottoSep 21, 19898:01:09

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: Baiadigrotta.it. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.