OmniathlonOWS
Atlantic Ocean — South Africa

Robben Island - Woodstock Beach

15.2 km
Distance
Robben Island ↔ Woodstock 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. Oct 23, 1934
    First crossingAstra Winckler7:24
  2. Oct 23, 1934
    First womanAstra Winckler7:24
  3. Oct 23, 1934
    First from countryAstra Winckler🇿🇦 South Africa7:24
  4. Oct 23, 1934
    RecordAstra WincklerSkin · Solo · 7:24
  5. Mar 1969
    First manCoenie van Eyssen
  6. Mar 22, 1969
    RecordPeter Elwin BalesSkin · Solo · 4:25

Crossings per decade

2419301960

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.