OmniathlonOWS
Irish Sea — Ireland

40ft - Kish Lighthouse

12.7 km
Distance
40ft ↔ Kish Lighthouse
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. Sep 27, 2013
    First crossingGary Fitzgerald4:30:25
  2. Sep 27, 2013
    First from countryGary Fitzgerald🇮🇪 Ireland4:30:25
  3. Sep 27, 2013
    RecordGary FitzgeraldWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 4:30:25
  4. Jul 13, 2023
    First womanBrianna Isabelle Thompson5:22
  5. Jul 13, 2023
    First from countryBrianna Isabelle Thompson🇦🇺 Australia5:22
  6. Oct 8, 2023
    RecordNicola Doran · Race · 5:00:53

Crossings per decade

2420102020

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.