Galway Bay — Ireland

Aughinish - Blackrock Diving Tower

10.4 km
Distance
Aughinish ↔ Blackrock Diving Tower
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

These crossings are documented: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones.

Annotations, which do not change the category: Swimsuit not stated.

Crossings swum in a wetsuit, a tech suit or a swimsuit covering more than Skin allows.

Podium · Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    2:56 · Jun 19, 2021 · 1 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  2. 2
    Niall Kenny🇮🇪
    3:13 · Aug 8, 2023 · 2 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  3. 3
    3:23:58 · Sep 19, 2025 · 3 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  4. 3
    3:23:58 · Sep 19, 2025 · 3 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo

6 of 6

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Elaine DillaneJun 19, 20212:56Swimsuit not stated
2Niall KennyAug 8, 20233:13Swimsuit not stated
3Andrew LeonardSep 19, 20253:23:58Swimsuit not stated
3Paul Alexander LeonardSep 19, 20253:23:58Swimsuit not stated
5Frank HallisseyAug 8, 20233:58Swimsuit not stated
6Brianna Isabelle ThompsonOct 8, 20234:31Swimsuit not stated

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.