Route — South Africa

Diaz Beach - Miller's Point

13.8 km
Distance
Diaz Beach ↔ Miller's Point
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. First crossingPeter Emslie6:34:04
  2. First womanKatherine Persson6:34:04
  3. First from countryPeter Emslie🇿🇦 South Africa6:34:04
  4. RecordPeter EmslieSkin · Solo · 6:34:04

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.