Salish Sea — United States

Alki Point - Bremerton

16.6 km
Distance
Bremerton ↔ Alki Beach, West Seattle
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data
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Crossings
21
Swimmers
23
Countries
1
Women
80%
Median time
5:12:24
Busiest month
July

Crossings per year

Each bar is a year, split between skin and wetsuit.

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SkinWetsuit and other assisted swimwearEquipment not declared
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202520023:52:164:52:01
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195910015:595:59

When people swim it

The month with most crossings is July.

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MonthCrossings%
January00%
February00%
March00%
April00%
May00%
June00%
July842%
August842%
September316%
October00%
November00%
December00%

Women and men

80%Women
  • Women12 · 57%
  • Men3 · 14%
  • Relays or not stated6 · 29%

Equipment and format

21Crossings
  • Equipment not declared · Solo14 · 67%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo4 · 19%
  • Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay2 · 10%
  • Skin · Relay1 · 5%

Single and multiple

21Crossings
  • One-way20 · 95%
  • Two-way1 · 5%

Where swimmers come from

1Countries
  • 🇺🇸 United States8 · 100%

Time distribution

Solo crossings, in half-hour bands. Mean 5:07:02, median 5:12:24.

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Times year by year

Median and best time of each year's solo crossings; higher is faster.

3:56:504:55:385:54:261960198020002020
Median timeBest

The record over time

Each step is a crossing that beat the best time up to that day, in its category.

3:56:504:55:385:54:261960198020002020
Equipment not declared · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Jul 27, 2025Justin Davis3:52:16−0:06:30
Sep 1, 2019Amanda Winans3:58:46−0:10:34
Sep 4, 2016Erika Norris🇺🇸4:09:20−1:49:40
Aug 2, 1959Amy Hiland5:59—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Sep 4, 2016Erika Norris🇺🇸4:09:20—
Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Jul 25, 2021The Silver Seals4:24:43—
Skin · Relay
DateSwimmerTimeTaken off the record
Jul 25, 2021Silver Seals4:24:43—

Countries

  • 🇺🇸 United States8
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CountryCrossingsWomenBestFirst from the country
🇺🇸 United States864:09:20Erika Norris🇺🇸 · Sep 4, 2016

Where swimmers land

  • Alki Beach2
  • Alki Point in West Seattle, Washington2
  • Alki Beach, West Seattle, Washington1
  • Alki Lighthouse1

Distance is the shortest straight line between the start and finish coastal stretches, not the GPS track length: currents cause swimmers to cover much more distance.

Source: Northwest Open Water Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.