OmniathlonOWS
Foveaux Strait — New Zealand

Bluff - Stewart Island

31.2 km
Distance
Bluff, South Island ↔ Stewart Island / Rakiura
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. Source New Zealand Open Water Swimming Association.

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
    Todd Utteridge🇳🇿
    8:40 · Feb 15, 1989 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 2
    Michael Quinlivan🇳🇿
    9:41 · Feb 13, 1985 · 2 in Skin · Solo
  3. 3
    Belinda Shields🇳🇿
    9:53 · Mar 24, 1984 · 3 in Skin · Solo
  4. 3
    Belinda Shields🇳🇿
    9:53 · Mar 24, 1984 · 3 in Skin · Solo

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Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Todd UtteridgeFeb 15, 19898:40documented
2Michael QuinlivanFeb 13, 19859:41documented
3Belinda ShieldsMar 24, 19849:53documented
3Belinda ShieldsMar 24, 19849:53documented
5Sandra BlewettFeb 11, 198812:50documented
6John van LeeuwenFeb 7, 196313:40documented
7Meda McKenzieMar 20, 197914:00documented

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: New Zealand Open Water Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.