Atlantic Ocean — South Africa

Llandudno - Robben Island

22.0 km
Distance
Llandudno ↔ Robben Island
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: In a group; 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
    7:03 · — · 1 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  2. 1
    7:03 · Apr 8, 2014 · 1 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo

3 of 4

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Theodore Yach, Martin Goodman—7:03In a groupSwimsuit not stated
1Theodore YachApr 8, 20147:03Swimsuit not stated
—Abhejali Bernadova——Swimsuit 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.