Pacific Ocean — New Zealand

Poor Knights - Matapouri

23.3 km
Distance
Poor Knights Islands ↔ Matapouri Beach
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
7
Swimmers
5
Countries
2
Women
80%
Median time
8:10
Busiest month
March

Crossings per year

Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.

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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearEquipment not declaredBestMedian time
202410107:53:487:53:48
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When people swim it

The month with most crossings is March.

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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March360%
April120%
May120%
June00%
July00%
August00%
September00%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

80%Women
  • Women4 · 57%
  • Men1 · 14%
  • Relays or not stated2 · 29%

Equipment and format

7Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo5 · 71%
  • Skin · Solo1 · 14%
  • Equipment not declared · Solo1 · 14%

Starting side

7Crossings
  • From Poor Knights Islands5 · 71%
  • From Matapouri Beach2 · 29%

Single and multiple

7Crossings
  • One-way5 · 71%
  • Two-way2 · 29%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇳🇿 New Zealand4 · 57%
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom3 · 43%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 8:05:57, median 8:10.

1237:308:00

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

7:54:238:01:548:09:252018202020222024
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
May 4, 2024Kristy Fisher🇳🇿7:53:48−0:16:12
Mar 8, 2018Sarah Louise Poplar🇬🇧8:10—

Countries

  • 🇳🇿 New Zealand4
  • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom3
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇳🇿 New Zealand417:53:48Meda McKenzie🇳🇿 · 1978
🇬🇧 United Kingdom338:10Sarah Louise Poplar🇬🇧 · Mar 8, 2018

Where swimmers land

  • Matapouri Beach5
  • Matapouri1
  • Poor Knights Islands1

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: New Zealand Open Water Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.