Loch Arkaig — United Kingdom

Loch Arkaig

18.8 km
Distance
River Pean ↔ Beach, Locheil Estate Private Road
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 crossingHelen Beveridge8:06:46
  2. First womanHelen Beveridge8:06:46
  3. First manPhilip Hodges4:04:37
  4. First from countryHelen Beveridge🇬🇧 United Kingdom8:06:46
  5. First from countryPhilip Hodges🇦🇺 Australia4:04:37
  6. RecordHelen BeveridgeSkin · Solo · 8:06:46
  7. RecordHelen BeveridgeWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 8:06:46
  8. RecordPhilip HodgesWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Stage · 4:04:37
  9. RecordPhilip HodgesSkin · Solo · 7:43:01

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