Pacific Ocean — United States

Farallon Islands - Golden Gate Bridge

49.8 km
Distance
Northeast buoy, Farallon Islands ↔ Golden Gate Bridge
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 crossingTed Erikson
  2. First from countryTed Erikson🇺🇸 United States
  3. RecordTed EriksonSkin · Solo · 14:38
  4. RecordTed EriksonEquipment not declared · Solo · 14:38
  5. RecordNight Train SwimmersWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 14:45
  6. RecordJoseph Neal Geoffrey LockeWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 13:58
  7. RecordNight Train SwimmersWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 14:09
  8. First womanKimberley Faith Chambers17:12
  9. First from countryKimberley Faith Chambers🇳🇿 New Zealand17:12

Crossings per decade

510196020102020

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: Farallon Islands Swimming Federation. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.