Strait of La Bocaina — Spain
Fuerteventura - Lanzarote
- 13.9 km
- Distance
- Fuerteventura ↔ Lanzarote
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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- Crossings
- 9
- Swimmers
- 9
- Countries
- 4
- Women
- 22%
- Median time
- 5:01
- Busiest month
- October
Crossings per year
Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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| Year | Crossings | Skin | Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear | Best | Median time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4:58 | 4:58 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4:36 | 4:36 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5:06 | 5:39 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
When people swim it
The month with most crossings is October.
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| Month | Crossings | % |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0% |
| February | 0 | 0% |
| March | 0 | 0% |
| April | 0 | 0% |
| May | 0 | 0% |
| June | 1 | 25% |
| July | 0 | 0% |
| August | 0 | 0% |
| September | 1 | 25% |
| October | 2 | 50% |
| November | 0 | 0% |
| December | 0 | 0% |
Women and men
22%Women
- Women2 · 22%
- Men7 · 78%
Equipment and format
9Crossings
- Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo8 · 89%
- — · Race1 · 11%
Starting side
9Crossings
- From Fuerteventura1 · 11%
- From Lanzarote6 · 67%
- Direction not declared2 · 22%
Where swimmers come from
4Countries
- 🇪🇸 Spain4 · 50%
- 🇮🇪 Ireland2 · 25%
- 🇦🇺 Australia1 · 13%
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay1 · 13%
Time distribution
Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 5:10:36, median 5:01.
Times year by year
Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.
Median timeBest
The record over time
Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
| Date | Swimmer | Time | Taken off the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2018 | Lynton Charles Mortensen🇦🇺 | 4:36 | −0:30 |
| Oct 12, 2013 | Ana Villanueva Peñacoba🇪🇸 | 5:06 | −1:06 |
| 2013 | Mauricio Prieto🇪🇸 | 6:12 | — |
Countries
- 🇪🇸 Spain4
- 🇮🇪 Ireland2
- 🇦🇺 Australia1
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay1
Show the data as a table
| Country | Crossings | Women | Best | First from the country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 4 | 2 | 5:06 | Selina Moreno Pasagali🇪🇸 · Oct 2007 |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | 2 | 0 | 4:58 | David Buckley🇮🇪 · Jun 7, 2024 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 1 | 0 | 4:36 | Lynton Charles Mortensen🇦🇺 · Sep 22, 2018 |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 1 | 0 | — | Alberto Rodolfo Moreno Lemes🇺🇾 · 2016 |
Where swimmers land
- Fuerteventura5
- Corralejo (Fuertevenrura)1
- Lanzarote1