Loch Shiel — United Kingdom

Loch Shiel

25.5 km
Distance
Acharacle Slipway ↔ Beach at Glenfinnan
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 crossingMorag Hughes11:50:16
  2. First womanMorag Hughes11:50:16
  3. First from countryMorag Hughes🇬🇧 United Kingdom11:50:16
  4. RecordMorag HughesSkin · Solo · 11:50:16
  5. RecordMorag HughesWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 11:50:16
  6. First manPhilip Hodges10:09:16
  7. First from countryPhilip Hodges🇦🇺 Australia10:09:16
  8. RecordPhilip HodgesSkin · Solo · 10:09:16
  9. RecordPhilip HodgesWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 10:09:16

Crossings per decade

2420002020

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.