Atlantic Ocean — South Africa
Muizenberg - Simonstown
- 10.0 km
- Distance
- Muizenberg ↔ Simonstown
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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- Crossings
- 10
- Swimmers
- 9
- Countries
- 5
- Women
- 40%
- Median time
- 2:31:30
- Busiest month
- January
Crossings per year
Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
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| Year | Crossings | Skin | Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear | Best | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2:22 | 2:22 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4:40 | 4:40 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2:18 | 2:18 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
When people swim it
The month with most crossings is January.
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| Month | Crossings | % |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 50% |
| February | 0 | 0% |
| March | 1 | 50% |
| April | 0 | 0% |
| May | 0 | 0% |
| June | 0 | 0% |
| July | 0 | 0% |
| August | 0 | 0% |
| September | 0 | 0% |
| October | 0 | 0% |
| November | 0 | 0% |
| December | 0 | 0% |
Women and men
40%Women
- Women4 · 40%
- Men6 · 60%
Equipment and format
10Crossings
- Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo4 · 40%
- Skin · Solo4 · 40%
- — · Race2 · 20%
Starting side
10Crossings
- From Simonstown9 · 90%
- Direction not declared1 · 10%
Single and multiple
10Crossings
- One-way8 · 80%
- Two-way2 · 20%
Where swimmers come from
5Countries
- 🇿🇦 South Africa5 · 50%
- 🇧🇪 Belgium2 · 20%
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1 · 10%
- 🇮🇱 Israel1 · 10%
- 🇮🇳 India1 · 10%
Time distribution
Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 3:00:15, median 2:31:30.
Times year by year
Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.
Median timeBest
Countries
- 🇿🇦 South Africa5
- 🇧🇪 Belgium2
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1
- 🇮🇱 Israel1
- 🇮🇳 India1
Show the data as a table
| Country | Crossings | Women | Best | First from the country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 5 | 2 | 2:22 | Peter Elwin Bales🇿🇦 · 1972 |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | 2 | 2 | 2:18 | Annemie Landmeters🇧🇪 · 1988 |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 4:40 | Lewis Pugh🇬🇧 · Mar 28, 1992 |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 🇮🇳 India | 1 | 0 | — | Aditya Santosh Raut🇮🇳 · Jan 24, 2004 |
Where swimmers land
- Muizenberg9
- Muizenburg1