Loch Ness — United Kingdom

Loch Ness Length

36.0 km
Distance
Fort Augustus ↔ Loch End
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Crossings marked «documented» are historical: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones.

Traditional knitted textile swimsuit, cap and goggles: no wetsuit and no tech suit; no contact with the boat and no drafting behind it.

Podium · Skin · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    9:06 · Aug 1999 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 2
    9:25:37 · 1995 · 2 in Skin · Solo
  3. 2
    9:25:37 · 1995 · 2 in Skin · Solo

48 of 110

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Tammy Van WisseAug 19999:06documented
2Rachel Godburn19959:25:37
2Rachel Godburn19959:25:37documented
4Liane Llewellyn Hickling20049:49:24
5Rostislav VitekJul 23, 202210:23:14
6Kevin Murphy197610:30
6Kevin Murphy197610:30documented
8James LeitchJul 27, 201310:50:09
9Sarah Suzanne ThomasAug 20, 201510:52
10Amy EnnionJul 21, 202511:15:31
11Ashleigh WebbSep 6, 202511:28:38
12Anna Carin Elisabeth NordinSep 3, 201811:37
13Marcella MacDonaldAug 2, 201511:59:08
14Michael CrossAug 19, 200812:09:15
15Mike GregoryAug 16, 201912:15
16Piotr BiankowskiJul 22, 202212:16:25
17David MorganAug 22, 198112:19documented
18David Morgan198112:19:28
19Patti BauernfeindAug 19, 201712:26:03
20Monica BenderJul 23, 202313:03:21
21Isabella WeatherallSep 2, 202513:18
22Michael JohmannJul 15, 202313:20:28
23Elaine K HowleyAug 20, 201513:21:41
24Philip HodgesJul 25, 201713:44:29
25Craig Alan LenningAug 20, 201513:47:24
26Ron Fletcher197014:01
26Ron Fletcher197014:01documented
28Carmen SomersetAug 2, 202314:12:05
29Michael ReadAug 17, 197414:23:46documented
30Michael Read197414:24:46
31Adrian RotchellJul 18, 202214:30:56
32Colleen Isla Blair199714:32:07
32Colleen Isla BlairAug 23, 199714:32:07documented
34Arleen Gonzalez PérezAug 21, 202214:38:49
35Paula ForemanAug 1, 202214:46
36Kevin McIntosh198415:31:04
36Kevin McIntosh198415:31:04documented
38Adrian SarchetJul 31, 202215:39:06
39Caroline BlockAug 11, 202515:56:28
40Anke HoehneJul 18, 202316:25:04
41Kristen SmithAug 30, 202416:57:41
42Joanna StokoeAug 3, 202218:19:46
43Helen BeveridgeAug 1, 201618:22:16
44Helen SmithAug 30, 202318:52:17
45Stella TaylorSep 2, 198118:58documented
46Rosalinda M C HardimanSep 1, 201920:10:31
47Andrea AyresAug 19, 202420:59:10
48Brenda Sherratt196631:27

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.