Atlantic Ocean — Ireland

Portmagee - Skellig Michael

16.6 km
Distance
Portmagee ↔ Skellig Michael
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. First crossingRob Bohane
  2. First from countryRob Bohane🇮🇪 Ireland
  3. First manRobert Bohane
  4. First womanBrianna Jackson
  5. First from countryBrianna Isabelle Thompson🇦🇺 Australia5:37
  6. RecordBrianna Isabelle ThompsonWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 5:37

Crossings per decade

1220002020

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.