Pacific Ocean — United States

Santa Rosa Island - Mainland

44.0 km
Distance
Carrington Point, Santa Rosa Island ↔ Coal Oil Point, Goleta
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 crossingMarc Lewis15:46:19
  2. First from countryMarc Lewis🇺🇸 United States15:46:19
  3. RecordMarc LewisEquipment not declared · Solo · 15:46:19
  4. RecordMarc LewisWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 15:46:19
  5. First womanCaroline Block20:36:49

Crossings per decade

1220002010

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.