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Santa Barbara Channel — United States

Santa Barbara Island - Point Vicente

63.7 km
Distance
Arch Point, Santa Barbara Island ↔ Point Vicente, Palos Verdes
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

The crossing

Arch Point, Santa Barbara Island ↔ Point Vicente, Palos Verdes: 63.7 km between start and finish coasts. Our archive contains 3 crossings by swimmers from 2 countries.

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.