Red Sea — Egypt · Saudi Arabia

Hurghada - Tiran Island

107.0 km
Distance
Hurghada ↔ Tiran Island
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

These crossings are documented: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones.

Annotations, which do not change the category: Swimsuit not stated.

Crossings swum in a wetsuit, a tech suit or a swimsuit covering more than Skin allows. Crossings split into stages, with rests on shore or on the boat.

Podium · Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Stage · One-way

  1. 1
    Lewis Pugh🇬🇧
    46:13:44 · Oct 2022 · 1 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Stage
  2. 1
    Lewis Pugh🇬🇧
    46:13:44 · Oct 11, 2022 · 1 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Stage

2 of 2

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Lewis PughOct 202246:13:44Swimsuit not stated
1Lewis PughOct 11, 202246:13:44Swimsuit not stated

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.