Pacific Ocean — United States

Oxnard - Santa Cruz Island

30.4 km
Distance
San Pedro Point, Santa Cruz Island ↔ Hollywood 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 crossingDavid Yudovin15:15
  2. First from countryDavid Yudovin🇺🇸 United States15:15
  3. RecordDavid YudovinSkin · Solo · 15:15
  4. RecordDavid YudovinEquipment not declared · Solo · 15:15:30
  5. RecordEvan MorrisonWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 9:47
  6. First from countryNed Denison🇮🇪 Ireland10:27:06
  7. RecordNed DenisonEquipment not declared · Solo · 10:27:06
  8. First womanKathleen Wilson11:43
  9. RecordEvan MorrisonEquipment not declared · Solo · 9:47:39
  10. RecordLive BaitWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 12:13
  11. First from countryMaría Regina Matheu Pastorio de Santizo🇬🇹 Guatemala11:40:44
  12. RecordJim McConicaEquipment not declared · Solo · 8:59:58
  13. RecordJim McConicaWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 8:59
  14. First from countryMarilyn Korzekwa🇨🇦 Canada18:45

Crossings per decade

5101980200020102020

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.