Pacific Ocean — United States

Anacapa Island - Mainland

20.1 km
Distance
East Anacapa Island (near Arch Rock) ↔ Silver Strand Beach, Oxnard
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Timeline

Computed from the recorded crossings: the first, the first by sex, the first from each country and every record broken.

  1. First crossingCindy Cleveland
  2. First from countryCindy Cleveland🇺🇸 United States
  3. RecordCindy ClevelandSkin · Solo · 12:48
  4. First manDavid Yudovin8:27:14
  5. RecordDavid YudovinEquipment not declared · Solo · 8:27:14
  6. RecordDave YudovinSkin · Solo · 8:27:14
  7. RecordSuzanne RiedingerEquipment not declared · Solo · 8:01
  8. RecordSuzanne RiedingerSkin · Solo · 8:01
  9. RecordScott ZornigEquipment not declared · Solo · 5:19:25
  10. First from countryKaustubh Vemuri🇮🇳 India7:23
  11. RecordKaustubh VemuriWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 7:23
  12. First from countryEmilio Casanueva🇨🇱 Chile7:45:42
  13. RecordNicholas CaineWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 5:03:58
  14. RecordNicholas CaineEquipment not declared · Solo · 5:03:58
  15. First from countryPaul Lewis🇬🇧 United Kingdom12:54:25
  16. First from countryMaría Regina Matheu Pastorio de Santizo🇬🇹 Guatemala6:28:50
  17. RecordNicholas VargasWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 4:58:11
  18. RecordNicholas VargasEquipment not declared · Solo · 4:58:11
  19. RecordJim McConicaWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 4:38
  20. RecordJim McConicaEquipment not declared · Solo · 4:38:07
  21. RecordTeam JessieWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 7:15
  22. First from countryTanya MacLean🇨🇦 Canada11:41
  23. First from countryPenny Palfrey🇦🇺 Australia6:30:25
  24. First from countryLuca Pozzi🇮🇹 Italy5:48:55
  25. First from countryRodger Joseph Delehanty🇮🇪 Ireland10:38
  26. First from countryCynthia Aguilar Valdéz🇲🇽 Mexico6:55:22
  27. First from countryBoguslaw Stanislaw Ogrodnik🇵🇱 Poland9:32
  28. First from countryRagip Vural Tandogan🇹🇷 Türkiye8:33
  29. First from countryJorge Ivan Agudelo Vargas🇨🇴 Colombia5:00

Crossings per decade

100200197019801990200020102020

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: Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.