Palk Strait — Sri Lanka

Point Calimere - Valvettithurai

61.5 km
Distance
Point Calimere ↔ Valvettithurai
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
4
Swimmers
3
Countries
1
Women
0%
Median time
26:52
Busiest month
April

Crossings per year

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

121954195619581960196219641966
SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwear
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YearCrossingsSkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearBestMedian time
196622025:4425:44
1965000——
1964000——
196311042:0042:00
1962000——
1961000——
1960000——
1959000——
1958000——
1957000——
1956000——
1955000——
195411028:0028:00

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is April.

12JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March133%
April267%
May00%
June00%
July00%
August00%
September00%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

0%Women
  • Women0 · 0%
  • Men4 · 100%

Equipment and format

4Crossings
  • Skin · Solo4 · 100%

Where swimmers come from

1Countries
  • 🇮🇳 India2 · 100%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 30:22, median 26:52.

1225:3026:3027:3028:3029:3030:3031:3032:3033:3034:3035:3036:3037:3038:3039:3040:3041:30

Times year by year

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

26:19:0833:5241:24:521954195619581960196219641966
Median timeBest

The record over time

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

25:48:5426:5227:55:061954195619581960196219641966
Skin · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Apr 5, 1966Mihir Sen🇮🇳25:44−2:16
1954Murugapillai Navratnaswami28:00—

Countries

  • 🇮🇳 India2
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇮🇳 India2025:44Mihir Sen🇮🇳 · Apr 5, 1966

Where swimmers land

  • Point Calimere2
  • Point Calimere, India2

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.