OmniathlonOWS
Atlantic Ocean — Ireland

Mainland - Tory Island

13.8 km
Distance
Mainland ↔ Tory Island
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. 1968
    First crossingJack McClelland
  2. 1968
    First from countryJack McClelland🇮🇪 Ireland
  3. 1996
    RecordDermot DuffySkin · Solo · 5:25
  4. 2003
    First womanAnne McAdam6:57
  5. 2003
    RecordAnne McAdamWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 6:57
  6. Aug 17, 2012
    RecordOwen Thomas O'KeefeWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 4:21
  7. Jun 11, 2016
    RecordJack Boyle, John McElroy, Sabrina WiedmerWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 3:56

Crossings per decade

1231960199020002010

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.