Loch Arkaig — United Kingdom

Loch Arkaig

18.8 km
Distance
River Pean ↔ Beach, Locheil Estate Private Road
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
4
Swimmers
2
Countries
2
Women
50%
Median time
7:54:54
Busiest month
September

Crossings per year

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

12320242025
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
20251107:43:017:43:01
20243124:04:378:06:46

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is September.

123JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July00%
August125%
September375%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

50%Women
  • Women2 · 50%
  • Men2 · 50%

Equipment and format

4Crossings
  • Skin · Solo2 · 50%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo1 · 25%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Stage1 · 25%

Starting side

4Crossings
  • From River Pean3 · 75%
  • Direction not declared1 · 25%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇦🇺 Australia2 · 50%
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2 · 50%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 7:00:18, median 7:54:54.

124:004:305:005:306:006:307:007:308:00

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

7:43:527:54:548:05:5520242025
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 28, 2025Philip Hodges🇦🇺7:43:01−0:23:45
Sep 2, 2024Helen Beveridge🇬🇧8:06:46—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Sep 2, 2024Helen Beveridge🇬🇧8:06:46—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Stage
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Sep 2, 2024Philip Hodges🇦🇺4:04:37—

Countries

  • 🇦🇺 Australia2
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇦🇺 Australia204:04:37Philip Hodges🇦🇺 · Sep 2, 2024
🇬🇧 United Kingdom228:06:46Helen Beveridge🇬🇧 · Sep 2, 2024

Where swimmers land

  • beach, Locheil Estate Private Road2
  • east end near the outflow of the River Arkaig1
  • mid-loch point near Achnacarry1

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: British Long Distance Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.