OmniathlonOWS
Atlantic Ocean — South Africa

Muizenberg - Simonstown

10.0 km
Distance
Muizenberg ↔ Simonstown
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. 1972
    First crossingPeter Elwin Bales
  2. 1972
    First from countryPeter Elwin Bales🇿🇦 South Africa
  3. 1988
    First womanAnnemie Landmeters5:17
  4. 1988
    First from countryAnnemie Landmeters🇧🇪 Belgium5:17
  5. 1990
    RecordAnnemie LandmetersSkin · Solo · 2:18
  6. Mar 28, 1992
    First from countryLewis Pugh🇬🇧 United Kingdom4:40
  7. 2004
    RecordSteven KlugmanWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 2:22
  8. Jan 24, 2004
    First from countryAditya Santosh Raut🇮🇳 India

Crossings per decade

121970198019902000

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.