Te Ara a Kiwa/Foveaux Strait

26.9km between Saddle Point, Rakiura/Stewart Island and Barracouta Point, South Island


Solo Marathon swims

# Date Swimmer Duration Route 🗺
1 1963-02-07 ♂ John van Leeuwen 13:36:00 South Island to Stewart Island
2 1979-03-20 ♀ Meda McKenzie 14:00:00 South Island to Stewart Island
3 1984-03-24 ♀ Belinda Shields 09:53:00 South Island to Stewart Island
4 1985-02-13 ♂ Michael Quinlivan 09:41:00 South Island to Stewart Island
5 1988-02-11 ♀ Sandra Blewett 12:05:00 South Island to Stewart Island
6 1989-02-15 ♂ Todd Utteridge 08:40:00 South Island to Stewart Island
7 2016-02-01 ♀ Chloe Harris 08:30:05 Stewart Island to South Island 🗺
8 2017-02-19 ♂ Simon Olliver 08:53:00 Stewart Island to South Island 🗺
9 2021-02-17 ♀ Caitlin O'Reilly 10:21:45 Stewart Island to South Island 🗺
10 2021-02-22 ♂ Jonathan "Jono" Ridler 07:52:15 Stewart Island to South Island 🗺
11 2022-02-10 ♀ Camille Gulick 06:57:05 Stewart Island to South Island 🗺
12 2022-02-10 ♀ Liana Smith 06:19:46 Stewart Island to South Island 🗺
13 2022-03-10 ♀ Susan Sherwen 11:53:02 Stewart Island to South Island 🗺
14 2022-03-10 ♀ Gráinne Moss 12:27:00 Stewart Island to South Island 🗺
15 2023-04-01 ♀ Corrina Connor 09:21:31 South Island to Stewart Island 🗺
16 2024-01-21 ♂ Brett Richardson 12:59:00 South Island to Stewart Island 🗺
17 2025-01-17 ♂ John Curley 11:11:08 Stewart Island to South Island 🗺
18 2025-01-31 ♀ Breanna Ward 09:25:00 South Island to Stewart Island 🗺
Ratification Pending 2025-02-08 ♂ David Edgar 09:52:00 Stewart Island to South Island 🗺

Other swims

Swims of note that were not completed under marathon swim conditions.

Date Swimmer Duration Route Comment 🗺
2013-02-09 ♂ Wayne Evans 09:20:00 Stewart Island to South Island Wetsuit
2019-02-17 ♀ Hannah Morgan 08:43:00 Stewart Island to South Island Wetsuit, charity swim 🗺

Swims per season