OmniathlonOWS
Route — South Africa

Gordon's Bay - Rooi Els

15.6 km
Distance
Bikini Beach, Gordon's Bay ↔ Rooi-Els
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. Apr 9, 2021
    First crossingHoward Warrington8:44
  2. Apr 9, 2021
    First from countryHoward Warrington🇿🇦 South Africa8:44
  3. Apr 9, 2021
    RecordHoward WarringtonSkin · Solo · 8:44
  4. Feb 21, 2022
    RecordRoss DuncanSkin · Solo · 4:43:30

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.