Bristol Channel Glenthorne Cove - Porthcawl — United Kingdom

Glenthorne - Porthcawl

27.4 km
Distance
Glenthorne Cove ↔ Porthcawl Beach
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
12
Swimmers
9
Countries
2
Women
50%
Median time
11:43:36
Busiest month
June

Crossings per year

Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.

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SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
20241018:20:288:20:28
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197111015:00:3515:00:35

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is June.

24JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June444%
July222%
August222%
September111%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

50%Women
  • Women6 · 50%
  • Men6 · 50%

Equipment and format

12Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo6 · 50%
  • Skin · Solo6 · 50%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom11 · 92%
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands1 · 8%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 11:53:08, median 11:43:36.

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Times year by year

Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.

8:34:5211:40:3214:46:1119801990200020102020
Median timeBest

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

8:34:5211:40:3214:46:1119801990200020102020
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · SoloSkin · Solo
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Sep 13, 2024Milko van Gool🇳🇱8:20:28−3:23:08
Jun 22, 2022Lee Johnson🇬🇧11:43:36—
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 1979Jeffrey Lloyd🇬🇧11:01:30−2:00
Aug 1977D.I. Jones🇬🇧13:01:30−1:59:05
1971Kevin Murphy🇬🇧15:00:35—

Countries

  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom11
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom11611:01:30Kevin Murphy🇬🇧 · 1971
🇳🇱 Netherlands108:20:28Milko van Gool🇳🇱 · Sep 13, 2024

Where swimmers land

  • Porthcawl9
  • Porthcawl Beach2
  • Porthcawl, Wales1

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.