Fifteenth edition
From the Cíes Islands to San Simón
Twenty-seven kilometres of open water, the length of the Ría de Vigo. The last swimmer passes under the Rande Bridge before evening falls.
Distance
27km
wetsuit optional
Start
9:00 am
of the first wave
Date
26 JUN
Saturday, 2027
Water
14–18ºC
in June, 57–64 ºF
New this year
Pay in three instalments
Reserve your place with €25.00; the rest you pay in one go or month by month, with no interest, fees or surcharges. However you pay, the total is the same: €350.00.
Step 1 · 1 to 15 October
You pre-enter
Fill in the form. Nothing to pay yet.
Step 2 · 1 November
The list goes up
Selected swimmers are announced. From then you have seven days.
Step 3 · by 7 November
You reserve your place
€25.00
Confirm your entry and the place is held in your name.
Step 4 · by 30 November
You pay the rest
€325.00
In one go, or spread over 3 monthly payments of €108.33, €108.33 and €108.34.
€350.00 in total: €25.00 to reserve the place and €325.00 for the rest. Spread out, that is €108.33 + €108.33 + €108.34.
You choose when each payment goes out: the organisers take no automatic payments and do not store your card details. You start each payment yourself from your personal area, and you get an email reminder at least 5 days before every due date.
If you want to spread the payments, you must choose that before 7 December.
Why €350.00? Because this is not a swim in a pool. Crossing a working ría means coordinating every leg with the Harbourmaster and the harbour pilots, and keeping kayaks, support boats and rescue craft along the whole 27 kilometres — and the fuel that takes. Sponsors cover a good part of it; the rest you can spread out.
The route
A swim that runs on the tide
The Batalla de Rande is not swum against a clock; it is swum with the ría. Waves set off by pace from Playa de Rodas, in the Cíes Islands, cross open water to the Vigo shore and enter the San Simón inlet on the rising tide.
- 0kmCíes Islands
- 10kmBorneira buoy
- 20kmPunta Arroás
- 24kmRande Bridge
- 27kmSan Simón Island
Minimum conditions to start · set by the Vigo Harbourmaster
Visibility
5nautical miles
Wind
11knots · force 3
Waves
1metre
Below any one of these thresholds the swim does not start. The call is the race director's.
Feed stations
Seven along the route
Coordination
Live with the Harbourmaster and the Guardia Civil
Roll of honour
Who won in 2026
1Hugo Ribeiro06:25:12Men's winner
1Patricia Agüera07:18:53Women's winnerThe full record covers every edition since 2012, swimmer by swimmer.
Behind the swim
Who makes the crossing possible
Official bodies
Sponsors
Supporters
You don't have to swim it to watch it
For one day, the ría belongs to them
It begins before dawn on a national park beach and ends as evening falls on an island. In between, a column of swimmers, kayaks and support boats works its way 27 kilometres down the middle of the ría, passes under the Rande Bridge and enters the San Simón inlet.
There are no grandstands. You watch from the shore, from the bridge, from the water. And it does not last a race: it lasts a whole day.
Last day, 15 October
Pre-entry closes on 15 October