Loch Awe Torran Bay - Dalmally — United Kingdom

Loch Awe Length

36.7 km
Distance
Torran Bay ↔ Railway Bridge, Dalmally
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
16
Swimmers
24
Countries
3
Women
50%
Median time
14:10:20
Busiest month
July

Crossings per year

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

52015201620172018201920202021202220232024
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
2024211——
202311014:50:0314:50:03
20227250:200:25:38
2021101——
2020000——
2019000——
201810113:30:3713:30:37
201720215:03:4416:36:07
2016000——
2015101——

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is July.

24JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July533%
August320%
September427%
October00%
November320%
December00%

Women and men

50%Women
  • Women3 · 19%
  • Men3 · 19%
  • Relays or not stated10 · 63%

Equipment and format

16Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo7 · 44%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay5 · 31%
  • Skin · Solo2 · 13%
  • Skin · Relay2 · 13%

Starting side

16Crossings
  • From Torran Bay4 · 25%
  • Direction not declared12 · 75%

Where swimmers come from

3Countries
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom7 · 78%
  • 🇦🇺 Australia1 · 11%
  • 🇿🇦 South Africa1 · 11%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

0.51<2020–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970+

Youngest: Martyn Paul Webster🇬🇧, 51 · Oldest: Trisha Harvey🇬🇧, 63

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 9:49:45, median 14:10:20.

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Times year by year

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

0:55:088:28:0416:00:59201820202022
Median timeBest

The record over time

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

1:26:2715:4329:59:33201820202022
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · SoloWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · RelaySkin · Solo
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Nov 25, 2022Trisha Harvey🇬🇧0:20−13:10:37
Jul 9, 2018Martyn Paul Webster🇬🇧13:30:37−1:33:07
Aug 19, 2017Philip Hodges🇦🇺15:03:44−3:04:46
Jul 19, 2017Phia Steyn🇿🇦18:08:30—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Sep 20, 2022The Three Dugongs14:31:22−2:06:38
Aug 2022Team Muff and Puff16:38−14:28
Sep 2021John Myatt🇬🇧, Caroline Saxon🇬🇧, Lars Mack, Laura Nesbitt🇬🇧31:06—
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Aug 27, 2023Erica Jones14:50:03−1:03:45
Sep 19, 2022Alice Goodridge15:53:48—
Skin · Relay
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Sep 20, 2022The Three Dugongs14:31:22—

Countries

  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom7
  • 🇦🇺 Australia1
  • 🇿🇦 South Africa1
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇬🇧 United Kingdom720:20Helen Liddle🇬🇧 · Jul 3, 2015
🇦🇺 Australia1015:03:44Philip Hodges🇦🇺 · Aug 19, 2017
🇿🇦 South Africa1118:08:30Phia Steyn🇿🇦 · Jul 19, 2017

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.