OmniathlonOWS
Route — South Africa

Three Anchor Bay - Melkbosstrand

20.9 km
Distance
Three Anchor Bay ↔ Melkbosstrand
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 14, 2006
    First crossingDion Woodborne5:26
  2. Oct 14, 2006
    First from countryDion Woodborne🇿🇦 South Africa5:26
  3. Oct 14, 2006
    RecordDion WoodborneSkin · Solo · 5:26

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.