Route — South Africa

Dassen Island - Yzerfontein (Long Route)

11.0 km
Distance
Dassen Island ↔ Yzerfontein Main Beach
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

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
    3:21:58 · Mar 6, 2024 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 2
    Tanya Gist🇿🇦
    3:31:38 · May 3, 2024 · 2 in Skin · Solo
  3. 3
    Cris Dillon🇿🇦
    3:50:58 · May 3, 2024 · 3 in Skin · Solo

6 of 10

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Jocelyn Jansen Van RensburgMar 6, 20243:21:58
2Tanya GistMay 3, 20243:31:38
3Cris DillonMay 3, 20243:50:58
4Andrew HooleMay 3, 20244:01:31
5Donovan MillerJul 1, 20245:12:17
5Edward O'SullivanJul 1, 20245:12:17

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