Bristol Channel Glenthorne Cove - Porthcawl — United Kingdom

Glenthorne - Porthcawl

27.4 km
Distance
Glenthorne Cove ↔ Porthcawl Beach
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 crossingKevin Murphy15:00:35
  2. First from countryKevin Murphy🇬🇧 United Kingdom15:00:35
  3. RecordKevin MurphySkin · Solo · 15:00:35
  4. RecordD.I. JonesSkin · Solo · 13:01:30
  5. RecordJeffrey LloydSkin · Solo · 11:01:30
  6. First womanKaye Daniels11:24:10
  7. RecordLee JohnsonWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 11:43:36
  8. First from countryMilko van Gool🇳🇱 Netherlands8:20:28
  9. RecordMilko van GoolWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 8:20:28

Crossings per decade

246197019802020

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.