Ultra Swim Mauritius | Official Video

Setting out on a crazy adventure of swimming around Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean in 2022. Sandhya Tina Staub, 40 years old, completed a historic swim in 12 segments on 9 consecutive days from 27 October to 04 November. Due to sea current conditions 3 segments were postponed and completed on 18 & 19 November and 3 December.

The round the island swim covered a total distance of 198.9 km in a total cumulative time of 101 hours 7 minutes. 8 segments were completed in high sea while 4 was in the lagoon. The farthest distance from the shore was approximately 7 km and the deepest sea depth was approximately 1500 m. The project raised MUR 2,207,172 (approximately EUR 46,000) for patients of the Muscular Dystrophy Association Mauritius on Small Step Matters fundraising platform. This fund enabled 3 patients to benefit from scoliosis corrective surgery. Sandhya Tina Staub became the first woman and the first Mauritian woman to have completed and documented this outstanding performance never done before.

Tina started swimming in 2018 only and her message to everyone is to “set out for your wildest dreams and never doubt your capacity”.

The Mauritius National Coast Guard provided sea security and assistance during the whole event.

9 hotels around Mauritius Island collaborated on this event by welcoming Tina and her crew every evening:

Veranda Tamarin Hotel & Spa Heritage Awali Golf & Spa Resort
Kaz’alala Hosted B&B
Preskil Island Resort
C Mauritius
Veranda Palmar Beach Hotel
Veranda Paul et Virginie Hotel & Spa
Veranda Pointe aux Biches Hotel
Le Suffren Hotel & Marina

Special sponsors and partners were on board this event:
Rafale, main Crew Boat
RSVP Group
Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority
Small Step Matters
Nissan
Sedeco
Cementis
Baobab
Ciel Group
Espace Marin
Immersion
Domaine de Labourdonnais (DDL)
Chantier Naval de l’Ocean Indien (CNOI)
Eclosia Group
Awanam
Radio One
arena by House of Blue
Tailwind Mauritius
CrossFit Tamarin
Lali’s Snacks

Emergency and Postponed Segment Crews:
Segment 6 was crewed by Flower Power speedboat with Noé Harel. Postponed Eastern Segments were crewed by Jean Vincent Staub and Mathieu Razé on kayaks.
Postponed Southern Segment was crewed by Aquaholic speedboat with Adrien Nobin.

Special thanks to Tanya from RSVP and Hugo Rieth for drone footage as well the crew members’ videos for making this movie a reality.

This is a movie by Hugo Rieth.

The project is documented on the Facebook page Ultra Swim Mauritius.