OmniathlonOWS
Route — South Africa

Robben Island - Milnerton Lighthouse

13.9 km
Distance
Robben Island ↔ Milnerton Lighthouse
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 21, 2005
    First crossingAdrian van der Merwe4:11
  2. May 21, 2005
    First from countryAdrian van der Merwe🇿🇦 South Africa4:11
  3. May 21, 2005
    RecordAdrian van der MerweSkin · Solo · 4:11

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.