Strait of La Bocaina — Spain

Fuerteventura - Lanzarote

13.9 km
Distance
Fuerteventura ↔ Lanzarote
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.

Annotations, which do not change the category: Swimsuit not stated.

Crossings swum in a wetsuit, a tech suit or a swimsuit covering more than Skin allows.

Podium · Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    4:36 · Sep 22, 2018 · 1 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  2. 2
    4:58 · Jun 7, 2024 · 2 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  3. 3
    5:01 · — · 3 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo

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Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Lynton Charles MortensenSep 22, 20184:36Swimsuit not stated
2David BuckleyJun 7, 20244:58Swimsuit not stated
3Padraig Mallon—5:01Swimsuit not stated
4Ana Villanueva PeñacobaOct 12, 20135:06Swimsuit not stated
5Mauricio Prieto20136:12Swimsuit not stated
—Christian Puentes Jurado——Swimsuit not stated
—Selina Moreno PasagaliOct 2007—Swimsuit not stated
—Alberto Rodolfo Moreno Lemes2016—Swimsuit not stated

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.