The Cadiz Freedom Swim is considered to be one of the toughest, most extreme long distance cold water sea swim races in the world – 7.5km across the famous Robben Island channel, known for its bitterly cold water (around 13 degrees) and strong, unpredictable currents.
We launch early on Sunday morning to avoid the chaos at Oceana slipway. I picked up my swimmers, team “2 shrimps and a sea monkey”. We joined the pack of boats floating just offshore of Robben Island. Every type of craft with an engine was waiting in anticipation for the swim to start. Here are some pics form the day…
The swimmers start
The team finished 4th in the relay division with a time of 2:37.27. The fastest time was 1:48 by Tryon Venter.
It was an amazing day and huge respect to all the swimmers that did the swim. It was tough, with quite a few not making it.
For results click here
