Irish Sea — Ireland

Kish Lighthouse - Lambay Island

20.9 km
Distance
Kish Lighthouse ↔ Lambay Island
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
3
Swimmers
2
Countries
2
Women
33%
Median time
5:28
Busiest month
October

Crossings per year

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

0.51202220232024
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
20241015:285:28
20231015:365:36
20221014:314:31

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is October.

12JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June133%
July00%
August00%
September00%
October267%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

33%Women
  • Women1 · 33%
  • Men2 · 67%

Equipment and format

3Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo3 · 100%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland2 · 67%
  • 🇦🇺 Australia1 · 33%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 5:11:40, median 5:28.

0.514:305:005:30

Times year by year

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

4:33:205:03:305:33:40202220232024
Median timeBest

Countries

  • 🇮🇪 Ireland2
  • 🇦🇺 Australia1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇮🇪 Ireland204:31Dave Berry🇮🇪 · Oct 13, 2022
🇦🇺 Australia115:36Brianna Isabelle Thompson🇦🇺 · Oct 3, 2023

Where swimmers land

  • Lambay Island1
  • Lambay Island East, Dublin1
  • Lambay Island, Dublin1

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.