Atlantic Ocean — South Africa

Robben Island - Rocklands

11.7 km
Distance
Robben Island ↔ Rocklands, Sea Point
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Crossings marked «documented» are historical: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones.

Traditional knitted textile swimsuit, cap and goggles: no wetsuit and no tech suit; no contact with the boat and no drafting behind it.

Podium · Skin · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    Lewis Pugh🇬🇧
    4:55 · Sep 10, 1989 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 1
    Lewis Pugh🇬🇧
    4:55 · Sep 10, 1989 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  3. 3
    5:25 · Sep 8, 2006 · 3 in Skin · Solo

3 of 3

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Lewis PughSep 10, 19894:55
1Lewis PughSep 10, 19894:55documented
3Ryan Christofer StramroodSep 8, 20065:25

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.