OmniathlonOWS
Isles of Scilly Nanjizal - St Mary's — United Kingdom

Cornwall - Isles of Scilly

45.4 km
Distance
Nanjizal Beach, Cornwall ↔ St Mary's, Isles of Scilly
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Timeline

Computed from the recorded crossings: the first, the first by sex, the first from each country and every record broken.

  1. 1998
    First crossingAlison Streeter15:11
  2. 1998
    First womanAlison Streeter15:11
  3. 1998
    First from countryAlison Streeter🇬🇧 United Kingdom15:11
  4. 1998
    RecordAlison StreeterSkin · Solo · 15:11
  5. Jul 22, 2014
    RecordBeth Ananda FrenchWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 17:28
  6. Aug 2021
    First manJames Overton
  7. Sep 15, 2021
    RecordSix Scilly SwimmersWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 17:59:29
  8. Sep 19, 2022
    RecordPlymouth Open Water Swimmers Isles of Scilly Relay Team 2022Skin · Relay · 13:17:19

Crossings per decade

123199020102020

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: British Long Distance Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.