Atlantic Ocean — Brazil

LPSA Boa Viagem - Itaipuaçu

13.2 km
Distance
Boa Viagem, Niterói ↔ Itaipuaçu
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 from countryRicardo Perlingeiro Mendes da Silva🇧🇷 Brazil5:32
  2. RecordRicardo Perlingeiro Mendes da SilvaWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 5:32
  3. RecordRicardo Perlingeiro Mendes da SilvaWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 4:27:16
  4. First womanAna Luiza Chaves Ramos6:09

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.