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Catalina Channel — United States

Santa Catalina Island circumnavigation

74.9 km
Distance
Island loop from Avalon
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. Aug 16, 1979
    First crossingCindy Cleveland34:24
  2. Aug 16, 1979
    First from countryCindy Cleveland🇺🇸 United States34:24
  3. Aug 16, 1979
    RecordCindy ClevelandSkin · Solo · 34:24
  4. Sep 1, 1994
    RecordTriple Team ASkin · Relay · 26:22:46
  5. Sep 2, 2007
    RecordFull CircleSkin · Relay · 23:32:53
  6. Jul 7, 2011
    First manForrest Nelson25:35:08
  7. Jul 7, 2011
    RecordForrest NelsonSkin · Solo · 25:35:08

Crossings per decade

519701990200020102020

The distance is the shortest loop in the water around the island, starting and finishing at the same point: it follows the shape of the coast and never cuts across land. It is not the length of the GPS track.

Source: Catalina Channel Swimming Federation. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.