OmniathlonOWS
Coral Sea — Australia

Magnetic Island - Townsville

8.8 km
Distance
Magnetic Island ↔ Townsville
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. 1924
    First crossingDouglas Pitt
  2. 1924
    First from countryDouglas Pitt🇦🇺 Australia
  3. 1970
    First from countryNaste Jončeski🇲🇰 North Macedonia3:01:22
  4. 1970
    RecordNaste Jončeski · Race · 3:01:22
  5. Jul 2010
    First womanKatya Noble2:20
  6. Jul 2010
    RecordKatya NobleWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 2:20
  7. 2021
    First from countryVal Kalmikovs🇱🇻 Latvia2:06
  8. 2021
    RecordVal KalmikovsWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 2:06

Crossings per decade

123192019501970200020102020

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.