Strait of Juan de Fuca — United States

Strait of Juan de Fuca

16.9 km
Distance
Vancouver Island (BC) ↔ Olympic Peninsula (WA)
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 crossingBert Thomas11:22
  2. First from countryBert Thomas🇺🇸 United States11:22
  3. RecordBert ThomasEquipment not declared · Solo · 11:22
  4. First from countryCliff Lumsdon🇨🇦 Canada11:35
  5. RecordBen LaughrenEquipment not declared · Solo · 10:17
  6. First womanMarilyn Bell10:38
  7. RecordAndrew Michael MalinakEquipment not declared · Solo · 6:59
  8. RecordKimberly RutherfordWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 10:22:04
  9. RecordAndrew PackerEquipment not declared · Solo · 6:48:15
  10. First from countryJohn Charles Curley🇮🇪 Ireland8:13:16

Crossings per decade

241950198020102020

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: Northwest Open Water Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.