Coral Sea — Australia

Green Island - Yorkey's Knob

27.1 km
Distance
Green Island ↔ Yorkey's Knob
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 crossingChris Palfrey7:54
  2. First from countryChris Palfrey🇦🇺 Australia7:54
  3. RecordChris PalfreyWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 7:54
  4. First from countryCameron Keith🇬🇧 United Kingdom7:06
  5. RecordCameron KeithWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 7:06

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.