Catalina Channel — United States

Santa Catalina Island circumnavigation

74.9 km
Distance
Island loop from Avalon
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Traditional knitted textile swimsuit, cap and goggles: no wetsuit and no tech suit; no contact with the boat and no drafting behind it.

Podium · Skin · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    25:35:08 · Jul 7, 2011 · 1 in Skin · Solo
  2. 2
    34:24 · Aug 16, 1979 · 2 in Skin · Solo

2 of 14

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Forrest NelsonJul 7, 201125:35:08
2Cindy ClevelandAug 16, 197934:24

The distance is the shortest loop in the water around the island, starting and finishing at the same point: it follows the shape of the coast and never cuts across land. It is not the length of the GPS track.

Source: Catalina Channel Swimming Federation. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.