Route — South Africa

Robben Island - Milnerton Lighthouse

13.9 km
Distance
Robben Island ↔ Milnerton Lighthouse
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Traditional knitted textile swimsuit, cap and goggles: no wetsuit and no tech suit; no contact with the boat and no drafting behind it.

Podium · Skin · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    4:11 · May 21, 2005 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 1
    4:11 · May 21, 2005 · 1 in Skin · Solo

2 of 2

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Adrian van der MerweMay 21, 20054:11
1Dion WoodborneMay 21, 20054:11

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.