OmniathlonOWS
Atlantic Ocean — South Africa

Blouberg - Three Anchor Bay

13.4 km
Distance
Blouberg ↔ Three Anchor Bay
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. 1981
    First crossingPeter Elwin Bales5:43
  2. 1981
    First from countryPeter Elwin Bales🇿🇦 South Africa5:43
  3. 1981
    RecordPeter Elwin BalesSkin · Solo · 5:43
  4. 2004
    First from countryAditya Santosh Raut🇮🇳 India6:42
  5. 2004
    RecordAditya Santosh RautWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 6:42
  6. Jan 13, 2019
    RecordTyron VenterWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 5:00

Crossings per decade

0.51198020002010

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.