Cork Harbour — Ireland

Cobh - Cork

13.3 km
Distance
Cobh ↔ Cork
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
15
Swimmers
18
Countries
4
Women
27%
Median time
3:35
Busiest month
September

Crossings per year

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

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SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearEquipment not declaredOther
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearEquipment not declaredBestMedian time
202420203:143:14
202310103:353:35
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196911004:454:45

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is September.

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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June114%
July00%
August00%
September457%
October114%
November114%
December00%

Women and men

27%Women
  • Women4 · 27%
  • Men11 · 73%

Equipment and format

15Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo7 · 47%
  • — · Race5 · 33%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay1 · 7%
  • Skin · Solo1 · 7%
  • Equipment not declared · Solo1 · 7%

Where swimmers come from

4Countries
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland11 · 73%
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland2 · 13%
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1 · 7%
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands1 · 7%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

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Youngest: Colm O'Neill🇮🇪, 37 · Oldest: Colm O'Neill🇮🇪, 37

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 3:45:10, median 3:35.

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Times year by year

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

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Median timeBest

The record over time

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

3:14:453:24:303:34:1520232024
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Sep 22, 2024David Buckley🇮🇪3:14−0:21
Jun 4, 2023Frank Hallissey🇮🇪3:35—
— · Race
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Oct 5, 2008Colm O'Neill🇮🇪2:27:08—
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
1969John Earls🇮🇪4:45—

Countries

  • 🇮🇪 Ireland11
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland2
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇮🇪 Ireland1112:27:08John Earls🇮🇪 · 1969
🇨🇭 Switzerland223:10Sabrina Wiedmer🇨🇭 · Sep 14, 2013
🇬🇧 United Kingdom11—Sarah Tunnicliffe🇬🇧 · 2015
🇳🇱 Netherlands10—Paul De Waard🇳🇱 · Nov 2024

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.