OmniathlonOWS
English Channel — United Kingdom

Guernsey - Jersey

27.6 km
Distance
Guernsey ↔ Jersey
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. 1962
    First crossingRuth Oldham15:15
  2. 1962
    First womanRuth Oldham15:15
  3. 1962
    First from countryRuth Oldham🇬🇧 United Kingdom15:15
  4. 1962
    RecordRuth OldhamSkin · Solo · 15:15
  5. Jul 8, 2018
    First from countryWendy Trehiou🇯🇪 Jersey16:46
  6. Jul 8, 2018
    RecordWendy TrehiouWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 16:46
  7. Jul 19, 2022
    First from countryBrianna Isabelle Thompson🇦🇺 Australia

Crossings per decade

0.51196020102020

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.