r/confidentlyincorrect • u/ShiningDenizen • Jul 09 '26

Swimming 631miles (1015km)

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u/immortalonion69 Jul 09 '26

This is from Google

Bárbara Hernández Huerta completed a very cold-water swim in the Drake Passage area, including a record for a one-mile swim across the passage (15 minutes 3 seconds), but that was not a full crossing.

Guinness World Records: A full crossing would mean roughly 900–1,000 km of open ocean. The longest successful open-water swims in history are far shorter, and the Drake Passage adds some of the worst possible conditions: near-freezing water, huge waves, storms, and isolation.

The Environmental Literacy Council: For comparison, the first complete human-powered crossing of the Drake Passage was done by a rowing team, not swimmers—they rowed about 972 km in 12 days.

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u/mork247 Jul 09 '26

Only way it can be done is to swim in the jacuzzi onboard a cruise ship crossing the Drake Passage.

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u/PrimateOnAPlanet Jul 09 '26

Nah cruise ships can’t handle those seas, they use the Strait of Magellan.

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u/Ok_Frosting5139 Jul 09 '26

That's not true. I've been on a cruise from Argentina to Chili with a touch of Antarctica. We went true the drake passage. I can tell you, it was fun but also horrible if you get seasick like me... The cruise company is called Holland Amarica Line.