OmniathlonOWS
Route — South Africa

Robben Island - Clifton

14.5 km
Distance
Robben Island ↔ Clifton
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. May 23, 1987
    First crossingDerek Yach3:57
  2. May 23, 1987
    First from countryDerek Yach🇿🇦 South Africa3:57
  3. May 23, 1987
    RecordDerek YachSkin · Solo · 3:57

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