Arabian Sea — India

Dharamtar - Gateway of India

31.4 km
Distance
Dharamtar ↔ Gateway of India
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
15
Swimmers
13
Countries
2
Women
15%
Median time
7:52
Busiest month
November

Crossings per year

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

1219851990199520002005201020152020
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
20211018:198:19
2020000——
2019000——
20181017:527:52
20171017:457:45
2016000——
2015000——
2014000——
201310118:0018:00
2012000——
2011000——
2010101——
2009000——
2008101——
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20041019:309:30
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2002101——
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1998000——
1997000——
19962207:298:12:30
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1985000——
1984110——

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is November.

12JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January120%
February00%
March120%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July00%
August00%
September00%
October00%
November240%
December120%

Women and men

15%Women
  • Women2 · 13%
  • Men11 · 73%
  • Relays or not stated2 · 13%

Equipment and format

15Crossings
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo10 · 67%
  • Skin · Solo3 · 20%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay2 · 13%

Starting side

15Crossings
  • From Dharamtar11 · 73%
  • From Gateway of India4 · 27%

Single and multiple

15Crossings
  • One-way13 · 87%
  • Two-way2 · 13%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇮🇳 India13 · 87%
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland2 · 13%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

24<2020–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970+

Youngest: Rohan Dattatrey More🇮🇳, 11 · Oldest: Ned Denison🇮🇪, 61

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 9:08, median 7:52.

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Times year by year

Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.

7:51:4312:44:3017:37:1720002005201020152020
Median timeBest

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

7:48:478:37:309:26:13020406080100120140160180200220240260280300320340360380400420440460480500520540560580600620640660680700720740760780800820840860880900920940960980100010201040106010801100112011401160118012001220124012601280130013201340136013801400142014401460148015001520154015601580160016201640166016801700172017401760178018001820184018601880190019201940196019802000
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
2017Sagar Kishor Kamble🇮🇳7:45−0:07
—Ned Denison🇮🇪7:52−1:38
2004Bhakti Sharma🇮🇳9:30—
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
1996Rohan Dattatrey More🇮🇳7:29—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
2008Leena Sharma🇮🇳, Priyanka Gehlot, Bhakti Sharma🇮🇳16:58—

Countries

  • 🇮🇳 India13
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland2
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇮🇳 India1326:29Taranath Narayan Shenoy🇮🇳 · 1984
🇮🇪 Ireland207:52Ned Denison🇮🇪 · —

Where swimmers land

  • Gateway of India10
  • Dharmatar2
  • Dharamtar1
  • Gateway of India, Maharashtra, India1
  • Rewas in Raigad1

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.