Bristol Channel — United Kingdom

Ilfracombe - Swansea

47.5 km
Distance
Ilfracombe ↔ Swansea
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
    12:40 · Sep 20, 2022 · 1 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  2. 2
    14:01 · Jul 23, 2016 · 2 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  3. 3
    21:46 · May 2011 · 3 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo

3 of 3

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Fergal SomervilleSep 20, 202212:40Swimsuit not stated
2Sian Angharad ClementJul 23, 201614:01Swimsuit not stated
3Darren JaundrillMay 201121:46Swimsuit 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.