OmniathlonOWS
Red Sea — Egypt · Saudi Arabia

Sharm El-Sheikh - Tiran Island

25.1 km
Distance
Sharm El-Sheikh ↔ Tiran Island
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 15, 2012
    First crossingMichiel Le Roux4:55
  2. Oct 15, 2012
    First from countryMichiel Le Roux🇿🇦 South Africa4:55
  3. Oct 15, 2012
    RecordJean Charl CravenWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 4:55
  4. Oct 15, 2012
    RecordMichiel Le RouxEquipment not declared · Solo · 4:55

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.