How fast can Aquaman swim?

Does anyone know how fast Aquman can swim in MPH, Knots, or KPH?

It's said he can swim up to 150 MPH (faster than a shark) up to at least a 4 hour period.

Well in Aquaman 11 he jumped out of a plane where it's mentioned: "the speed he swims, he'll beat us to the island". No telling how fast the plane went but seeing as the average plane goes at 500 mph you can do the math :)

@ckuakini: A great white shark I heard can go 40 MPH

@Aiden Cross: Is that New 52 Aquaman? if so cool if not still cool, but was this a modern commercial aircraft.

It was New52 yes. And it was a modern military style cargo plane :)

@Aiden Cross said:

Well in Aquaman 11 he jumped out of a plane where it's mentioned: "the speed he swims, he'll beat us to the island". No telling how fast the plane went but seeing as the average plane goes at 500 mph you can do the math :)

Sincerely,

@Aiden Cross: Oh like a coast guard C-130

I watched him in smallville the other day and he was going extremely fast.

Pre 52: Aquaman has hit 20,000 feet per second when in a serious hurry. That's nearly mach 20.

New 52: Aquaman outsped a hypersonic jet, so he's at least mach 5.

Either way, he could swim from one ocean to another in no time.

Pre 52: Aquaman has hit 20,000 feet per second when in a serious hurry. That's nearly mach 20.

New 52: Aquaman outsped a hypersonic jet, so he's at least mach 5.

Either way, he could swim from one ocean to another in no time.

@BlackWind: @comicfan11: OK thanks That clears a lot do you guys have an estimate on how fast new 52 aquaman can swim. I know faster than mach 5 but what do you think his max. is.

@comicfan11 said:

The plane he outswam (Operatives special plane called the Living Room) can go hypersonic. It was not a regular plane.

Oh, my bad! Been a while since i read it. Thanks for the correction =)

I think DC has this idea for their top characters: Flash, Supes and Aquaman are equally fast on different stuff - respectivelly, running, flying and swimming. I'm not saying Aquaman is gonna swimm at light speed but yeah, he is probably even beyond Mach 10

@Clark_EL: Hey thanks that helps a lot I hope to see more feats when I read Thrown of Atlantis :)

it doesn't matter because Superman,WW,and the flash can go way faster than him

The problem is his skin gets all wrinkled, (rather than attempt to emulate Aquaman, you can see this effect on yourself by lying in the bath for a few hours. Just make sure there’s some water in it or it may take forever). The wrinkles ruin his streamlined shape and can slow him down by up to 0.023 knots. Fortunately he has a ready supply of Elizabeth Arden anti-wrinkle lotion.

And Mera has, IIRC claimed to be faster. Probably bunk though.

@moywar700: not swimming.

who the hell needs to swim at mach 20 lol but aquaman needs to be given more credit. he got nothing on my boy namor but he is pretty dope

@Hyperlight: Namor's awesome but I like Aquaman more. Aquaman can swim faster too.

@Clark_EL: Imagine getting punched underwater by Aquaman moving that fast.

who the hell needs to swim at mach 20 lol but aquaman needs to be given more credit. he got nothing on my boy namor but he is pretty dope

100-150mph underwater.

@comicfan11 said:

@Hyperlight said:

who the hell needs to swim at mach 20 lol but aquaman needs to be given more credit. he got nothing on my boy namor but he is pretty dope

Namor is kinda cool sometimes, but I'm pretty sure Black Panther is gonna hand him his @ss on a plate for what he did in AvX. Also Aquaman is way faster than Namor (among other things).

you are right about the BP thing because he is pissed. but im pretty sure that namor is vastly superior in every way except for the fact that Aquaman can swim faster and more powerful telepathic abilities

@Clark_EL said:

@Hyperlight: Namor's awesome but I like Aquaman more. Aquaman can swim faster too.

same thing as above

this fast

@moywar700 said:

it doesn't matter because Superman,WW,and the flash can go way faster than him

That is besides the point. He is asking how fast Aquaman can swim, not if his swimming speed is faster than other heroes.

The problem is his skin gets all wrinkled, (rather than attempt to emulate Aquaman, you can see this effect on yourself by lying in the bath for a few hours. Just make sure there’s some water in it or it may take forever). The wrinkles ruin his streamlined shape and can slow him down by up to 0.023 knots. Fortunately he has a ready supply of Elizabeth Arden anti-wrinkle lotion.

Fast enough to go up a waterfall, I know that.

@AmazingWebHead: Why? what's that from?

Namor is kinda cool sometimes, but I'm pretty sure Black Panther is gonna hand him his @ss on a plate for what he did in AvX. Also Aquaman is way faster than Namor (among other things).

QFT

@WaveMotionCannon: True but this is comics. 
Superman lifting "5 times the weight of the Earth" or Iceman actually being sentient Ice by this point are equally ridiculous when you try to apply real world physics.
Not to mention Superboy Prime who literally punched through dimensions.

@comicfan11

@WaveMotionCannon: True but this is comics. 
Superman lifting "5 times the weight of the Earth" or Iceman actually being sentient Ice by this point are equally ridiculous when you try to apply real world physics.
Not to mention Superboy Prime who literally punched through dimensions.

It smacks of writers wanking AQ to give him something to stabd out It's no way he can swim faster than a plane flying and still only be around the 60-70 ton mark. That would make him faster than someone like Quicksilver on land. Stupid writers

Swimming at supersonic speeds just sounds dumb. In fact, it wouldn't be swimming at all he'd have to have some mechanism for moving through the water that was more like telekinesis. Why the h*** does every characther in DC have to have super speed, super strength, and super durability? Isn't being able to talk to fish enough?

@WaveMotionCannon said:

@comicfan11

@WaveMotionCannon: True but this is comics. 
Superman lifting "5 times the weight of the Earth" or Iceman actually being sentient Ice by this point are equally ridiculous when you try to apply real world physics.
Not to mention Superboy Prime who literally punched through dimensions.

It smacks of writers wanking AQ to give him something to stabd out It's no way he can swim faster than a plane flying and still only be around the 60-70 ton mark. That would make him faster than someone like Quicksilver on land. Stupid writers

Aquaman has consistently been shown having a ridiculous swimming speed throughout his history.
And Quicksilver was never even close to the level of top tier speedsters like the Flashes.

Swimming at supersonic speeds just sounds dumb. In fact, it wouldn't be swimming at all he'd have to have some mechanism for moving through the water that was more like telekinesis. Why the h*** does every characther in DC have to have super speed, super strength, and super durability? Isn't being able to talk to fish enough?

@EdBlank: Not dumber than shooting laser out of ones eyes or stretching your body like a swing or turning to dumb green monster who thunderclaps energy.

@comicfan11 : Yes. The comic universes are strange places but the argument that "hey it's comics, what do you expect?" is tired. If none of the actual content matters, then why are we following these characters? I argue that while we have to have some fantastic elements, common sense and actual science can't just be completely ignored. For me prsonally it takes me out of the story when they do this kind of stuff. Basically some characters have no limits and that is *YAWN*. No drama.

@WaveMotionCannon: You can disagree, but DC continuity is what it is and Aquaman has always been that fast. That's a fact

@WaveMotionCannon: I know how Hulk's thunderclap works, but there's an issue where he actually deflects some energy blast with his thunderclap. 
And I do believe you were the one who began bashing the DC writers for wanking AQ.
Anyway I didn't mean to sound like I was lashing out.

@EdBlank: First of all, he no longer communicates with sea life, second, its far from the stupidest things in comics, Aquaman is nowhere near a major offender.

@BlackWind: Aquaman is awesome!