Anacapa Channel — United States

Anacapa circumnavigation + return to mainland

30.6 km
Distance
Anacapa Island ↔ Mainland (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 crossingPeter Urrea8:15
  2. First from countryPeter Urrea🇺🇸 United States8:15
  3. RecordPeter UrreaWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 8:15
  4. RecordNicholas CaineWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 5:03:53
  5. First from countryMaría Regina Matheu Pastorio de Santizo🇬🇹 Guatemala6:28:50
  6. RecordPeter HaydenEquipment not declared · Solo · 12:40

Crossings per decade

2420002010

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.