Pacific Ocean — United States

San Miguel Island - Mainland

41.8 km
Distance
Harris Point, San Miguel Island ↔ Government Point / Cojo Bay
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 crossingPenny Palfrey11:29
  2. First womanPenny Palfrey11:29
  3. First from countryPenny Palfrey🇦🇺 Australia11:29
  4. RecordPenny PalfreyWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 11:29
  5. RecordPenny PalfreyEquipment not declared · Solo · 11:29:33

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.