How many days does it take to swim from Cuba to Florida?
Nyad, a long-distance swimmer from Los Angeles, reached Key West on September 2, 2013 nearly 53 hours after leaving Cuba, becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a protective cage.
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The straight-line distance between North Bimini and the Florida coast is about 60 miles, but Miss Nyad's trainers said that with currents she had to swim farther. She negotiated the powerful Gulf Stream, which frustrated other attempts to swim from the Bahamas to Florida, without difficulty.