Atlantic Ocean — South Africa

Llandudno - Camps Bay

7.0 km
Distance
Llandudno Beach ↔ Camps Bay
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
19
Swimmers
15
Countries
2
Women
21%
Median time
2:50
Busiest month
April

Crossings per year

Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.

2420082010201220142016
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
20171103:093:09
20165412:143:00
20154402:292:50
20143302:322:32
20133302:242:29
2012000——
2011000——
2010000——
2009000——
2008000——
20073303:193:19

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is April.

510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February211%
March00%
April1053%
May00%
June00%
July00%
August00%
September00%
October00%
November15%
December632%

Women and men

21%Women
  • Women4 · 21%
  • Men15 · 79%

Equipment and format

19Crossings
  • Skin · Solo18 · 95%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo1 · 5%

Where swimmers come from

2Countries
  • 🇿🇦 South Africa16 · 84%
  • 🇮🇳 India3 · 16%

Age at the crossing

Solo crossings only, where the source gives the age.

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Youngest: Chris Laubscher🇿🇦, 31 · Oldest: Monika Hayes🇿🇦, 52

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 2:54:32, median 2:50.

2462:002:303:003:304:00

Times year by year

Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.

2:16:202:46:303:16:4020082010201220142016
Median timeBest

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

2:16:202:46:303:16:4020082010201220142016
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Apr 12, 2016Prabhat Raju Koli🇮🇳2:14−0:10
Apr 21, 2013Andrew Chin🇿🇦2:24−0:55
Dec 30, 2007Andrew Chin🇿🇦3:19—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Apr 13, 2016Prabhat Raju Koli🇮🇳2:14—

Countries

  • 🇿🇦 South Africa16
  • 🇮🇳 India3
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇿🇦 South Africa1632:24Andrew Chin🇿🇦 · Dec 30, 2007
🇮🇳 India312:14Prabhat Raju Koli🇮🇳 · Apr 12, 2016

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.