Atlantic Ocean — Brazil

Leme - Pontal

36.0 km
Distance
Pedra do Leme (largada no mar) ↔ Praia do Pontal
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. First crossingAnderson8:25
  2. First from countryAnderson🇧🇷 Brazil8:25
  3. RecordAndersonWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 8:25
  4. RecordAdherbal Treidler de OliveiraSkin · Solo · 9:23
  5. RecordLL Gladiadores ISkin · Relay · 8:11:32
  6. RecordLL Gladiadores1Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 8:11
  7. RecordTeam Maia 59Skin · Relay · 7:13
  8. RecordTeam Maia 59Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 7:13
  9. RecordMarcos CamposWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 7:34
  10. RecordCesar Saade JrSkin · Solo · 8:53
  11. RecordThiago Toshio RebolloWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 7:02:04
  12. RecordAlan VianaWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 6:22
  13. RecordAlan VianaSkin · Solo · 7:22
  14. RecordGlauco RangelSkin · Solo · 7:13:27
  15. First from countryAnthony McCarley🇺🇸 United States15:33
  16. RecordIzabela Oliveira Rodrigues, Ana Paula Lima VilarinhoEquipment not declared · Solo · 10:24
  17. RecordGabriel de Carvalho Antunes, Henrique Pereira FortesEquipment not declared · Solo · 8:12
  18. First from countryHector Mariano Mortara🇦🇷 Argentina10:38
  19. First from countryAby Ortega González🇲🇽 Mexico8:02
  20. First from countryEduardo Daniel Appoloni Rotela🇺🇾 Uruguay11:25
  21. First from countryMargarita Llorens Bagur🇪🇸 Spain13:47
  22. First from countryMonica Biviana Calderon Guzman🇨🇴 Colombia11:03

Crossings per decade

50100200020102020

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: Leme to Pontal Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.