OmniathlonOWS
Pacific Ocean — New Zealand

Poor Knights - Matapouri

23.3 km
Distance
Poor Knights Islands ↔ Matapouri Beach
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. 1978
    First crossingMeda McKenzie
  2. 1978
    First womanMeda McKenzie
  3. 1978
    First from countryMeda McKenzie🇳🇿 New Zealand
  4. Mar 8, 2018
    First from countrySarah Louise Poplar🇬🇧 United Kingdom8:10
  5. Mar 8, 2018
    RecordSarah Louise PoplarWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 8:10
  6. May 4, 2024
    RecordKristy FisherWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 7:53:48

Crossings per decade

123197020102020

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: New Zealand Open Water Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.