Pacific Ocean — Fiji

Beachcomber Island - Viti Levu

18.7 km
Distance
Beachcomber Island ↔ Viti Levu
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
10
Swimmers
13
Countries
2
Women
71%
Median time
5:09
Busiest month
August

Crossings per year

Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.

12320082009201020112012
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearOther
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
2012200——
20113035:095:09
20103023:464:30
2009100——
2008101——

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is August.

24JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July00%
August5100%
September00%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

71%Women
  • Women5 · 50%
  • Men2 · 20%
  • Relays or not stated3 · 30%

Equipment and format

10Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo5 · 50%
  • — · Race4 · 40%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay1 · 10%

Starting side

10Crossings
  • From Viti Levu9 · 90%
  • Direction not declared1 · 10%

Single and multiple

10Crossings
  • One-way8 · 80%
  • Two-way2 · 20%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇦🇺 Australia4 · 67%
  • 🇳🇿 New Zealand2 · 33%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 4:43, median 5:09.

123:304:004:305:00

Countries

  • 🇦🇺 Australia4
  • 🇳🇿 New Zealand2
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇦🇺 Australia423:46Michael Sheil🇦🇺 · 2010
🇳🇿 New Zealand22—Louise Stevenson🇳🇿 · Aug 2011

Where swimmers land

  • Beachcomber Island9
  • Beachcomber1

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.