OmniathlonOWS
Atlantic Ocean — South Africa

Kommetjie - Hout Bay

9.4 km
Distance
Kommetjie ↔ Hout Bay
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. 1990
    First crossingDerek Yach2:53
  2. 1990
    First from countryDerek Yach🇿🇦 South Africa2:53
  3. 1990
    RecordDerek YachSkin · Solo · 2:53
  4. 1992
    First womanPenny Gill4:34

Crossings per decade

246199020102020

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.

Source: Cape Long Distance Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.