Irish Sea — Ireland

Bray Head - Dun Laoghaire

11.8 km
Distance
Bray Head ↔ Dun Laoghaire
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. First crossingRachel Doyle
  2. First womanRachel Doyle
  3. First from countryRachel Doyle🇮🇪 Ireland
  4. First from countryBrianna Isabelle Thompson🇦🇺 Australia3:14
  5. RecordBrianna Isabelle ThompsonWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 3:14
  6. First manDave Berry2:31
  7. RecordDave BerryWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 2:31

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.