Pablo Fernández Álvarez

Pablo Fernández Álvarez, nominee for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Award

Pablo Fernández Álvarez's 100 km ocean solo swim was nominated for the 2019 WOWSA Awards in the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year category

The Great Shark Swim course along the warm Agulhas Current runs along the east coast of South Africa that is formed by the confluence of the warm Mozambique Current and East Madagascar Current, which meet southwest of Madagascar

Pablo Fernández Álvarez is an open water swimmer and the co-founder of clicars.com from Madrid, Spain.

1 Open Water Swimming Highlights
2 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nomination
3 Century Swim in the Gulf Stream
4 Senegambia Open Water Challenge Video
5 Strait of Gibraltar Crossing
6 Ha Long Bay in Vietnam
7 Swimming With Sharks
8 Great Shark Swim Participants
9 Great Shark Swim
10 Pablo Fernández Álvarez in the Gulf Stream
11 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nomination
12 External links

Open Water Swimming Highlights

He has swum between Alcatraz Island and Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay.
He pioneered a 16.1 km solo crossing, called the Senegambia Open Water Challenge, along the coast from Plage d’Or in Barra, Senegal in at 7:22 am to Banjul, Gambia at 5:15 pm in 9 hours 54 minutes on 30 December 2017 at the age of 37 across the Gambia River Estuary.
He participated in the Great Shark Swim, a planned 100 km charity swim organised by Madswimmer in the Agulhas Current along the KwaZulu Natal Coast in South Africa. The team stopped after 28.24 km and 9 hours 3 minutes due to stings by blue bottles on 2 December 2017.
He swam 35 km from the U.S. Virgin Islands to Puerto Rico in an unprecedented solo swim.
He completed a neoprene crossing of the 14.4 km Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco on 14 September 2017 in 4 hours 58 minutes.
He completed the Escape from Alcatraz.
He competed in multiple 5 km and 10 km races in the Spanish Open Water National Championships.
His goal is to complete several charity open water swims around the world.
Starting on 30 July 2019 in Jupiter, Florida in order to gain advantage of the currents of the Gulf Stream, he completed the fastest solo current-assisted (current-positive) 100 km open water swim in the world, called the Century Swim in the Gulf Stream, in 12 hours 21 minutes 14 seconds. See Fastest Solo 100 km Open Water Swim.
On 6-7 May 2020, he set a Guinness World Record for the Longest continuous swim in a counter-current pool conducted in an Endless Pool in Madrid, Spain after swimming 25 hours from 9:00 am on 6 May to 10:00 am on 7 May 2020.
On 11 July 2021, he attempted to swim the greatest distance in the ocean during a 24-hour period in the middle of the Gulf Stream, but had to abort due to safety reasons.
In a record-setting current-positive marathon swim in the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf Stream off the eastern coast of Florida on 19 July 2021, he swam 100 km in 11 hours 7 minutes and 7 seconds. He continued to swim and proceeded to swim 200 km in 21 hours 21 minutes and 20 seconds. He then swam further, 225 km in 23 hours 54 minutes and 19 seconds, and ultimately swam a total of 250 km in the Atlantic Ocean in 26 hours 36 minutes and 18 seconds on 19-20 July 2021.

On 30-31 January 2022, he set a Guinness World Record for the Longest continuous swim in a counter-current pool conducted in an Endless Pool in Clicars, Madrid, Spain after swimming 36 hours 0 minutes 19 seconds.

2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nomination

Fernández's 100 km ocean swim was nominated for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year award as follows:

With an overriding goal of completing several unprecedented open water swims around the world, Madrid swimmer Pablo Fernández Álvarez has completed swims from Senegal to Gambia and from U.S. Virgin Islands to Puerto Rico, and participated in the Great Shark Swim in South Africa and completed a 5 km shackled swim in California. But an incredible amount of oceanographic, meteorological and logistical planning was necessary for his longest swim to date: Fastest Solo 100 km Open Water Swim. His team located a point well off of Jupiter along the eastern coast of Florida where he took advantage of the roaring currents of the Gulf Stream. For swimming the world's fastest solo current-assisted 100 km open water swim called the Century Swim in the Gulf Stream, in 12 hours 21 minutes, for documenting and filming the attempt in such a remote location to share as an inspiration for other adventurers, for creating and achieving such a focused goal despite its myriad obstacles, the Guinness World Record 100 km ocean swim by Pablo Fernández Álvarez of Spain is a worthy nominee for the 2019 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year.

Century Swim in the Gulf Stream

Pablo Fernández Álvarez swam the Fastest Solo 100 km Open Water Swim called the Century Swim in the Gulf Stream on 30 July 2019 to set a Guinness World Record.

Senegambia Open Water Challenge Video

Pablo Fernandez swim video courtesy of Marathon Swimmers Federation

Strait of Gibraltar Crossing

Completed in 4 hours 58 minutes on 14 September 2017, a film by Ben Walsh.

Ha Long Bay in Vietnam

Swimming With Sharks

Great Shark Swim Participants

1. Jean Craven, Swimmer and Project Leader
2. Herman van der Westhuizen, Swimmer
3. Emil Berning, Swimmer
4. Greig Bannatyne, Swimmer
5. Samantha Whelpton, Swimmer
6. John Dickerson, Swimmer
7. Mark de Klerk, Swimmer
8. Ryan Stramrood, Swimmer
9. Milton Brest, Swimmer
10. Nadia Cooke, Swimmer
11. Owen Scheftz, Swimmer
12. Duncan Kukard, Swimmer
13. Trevor Lundt, Swimmer
14. Andrew Ford, Swimmer
15. Ben Enosh, Swimmer
16. Luc Chetboun, Swimmer
17. Oded Rahav, Swimmer
18. Doron Amosi, Swimmer
19. Ram Barkai, Swimmer
20. Andy Pfaff, Swimmer
21. Pablo Fernandez, Swimmer
22. Nic Burden (Paddler co-ordinator)
23. Gordon Spalding, kayaker
24. Mike Halliday, kayaker
25. Paul Nixon, kayaker
26. Rob Tucker, kayaker
27. Dr Jean Harris, Expedition Leader, At-Sea Team Leader and boat skipper of the Research Vessel Angra Pequena from the Wild Oceans Program
28. Roland Mauz, At-Sea Co-Leader and boat skipper of Avatar from African Dive Adventures (semi-rigid inflatable boats)
29. Emil Pirzenthal, boat skipper of Anon from Aliwal Shoal Adventures
30. Fafa Pretorius, boat skipper from South African Police Search & Rescue
31. Glen Preston, boat skipper of God’s Girl Medivac
32. Nicolene Steynberg, Onshore Project Co-ordinator
33. Kamini Moodley, On-water Project Co-ordinator
34. Lisa Guastella, oceanographic and weather forecasting)
35. Derrick Fraser, At-Sea Co-Leader, Swimmer and kayak safety
36. Dr. Sean Gottschalk, At-Sea Co-Leader, Medical

Great Shark Swim

The Great Shark Swim was a planned 100 km charity swim organised by Madswimmer in the Agulhas Current along the KwaZulu Natal Coast in South Africa. The team stopped after 28.24 km and 9 hours 3 minutes due to stings by blue bottles on 2 December 2017.