OmniathlonOWS
South China Sea — China · Hong Kong

Hong Kong - Macau

30.9 km
Distance
Hong Kong ↔ Macau
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. 2005
    First crossingZhang Jian10:43
  2. 2005
    First from countryZhang Jian🇨🇳 China10:43
  3. 2005
    RecordZhang JianWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 10:43
  4. May 24, 2014
    First from countrySimon Holliday🇬🇧 United Kingdom10:20
  5. May 24, 2014
    RecordSimon HollidayWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 10:20

Crossings per decade

1220002010

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.