OmniathlonOWS
Route — South Africa

Robben Island - Dassen Island

49.9 km
Distance
Robben Island ↔ Dassen Island
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. Mar 6, 2024
    First crossingEva Dirksen, Katherine Persson, Georgina Smith, Shoneé Cornelissen18:03:19
  2. Mar 6, 2024
    First womanEva Dirksen, Katherine Persson, Georgina Smith, Shoneé Cornelissen18:03:19
  3. Mar 6, 2024
    First from countryEva Dirksen, Katherine Persson, Georgina Smith, Shoneé Cornelissen🇿🇦 South Africa18:03:19
  4. Mar 6, 2024
    RecordEva Dirksen, Katherine Persson, Georgina Smith, Shoneé CornelissenSkin · Relay · 18:03:19
  5. Apr 9, 2025
    First manPeet Crowther18:22:39
  6. Apr 9, 2025
    RecordPeet CrowtherWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 18:22:39

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: Cape Long Distance Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.