OmniathlonOWS
Pacific Ocean — United States

Huntington Beach - Seal Beach

12.1 km
Distance
Huntington Beach ↔ Seal Beach
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. Jul 15, 1984
    First crossingRick Heltzel
  2. Jul 15, 1984
    First from countryRick Heltzel🇺🇸 United States
  3. Aug 18, 1984
    First from countryLamiaa Zahy🇪🇬 Egypt
  4. 1997
    First manKent Nicholas
  5. Jul 15, 2000
    RecordJames MurphyWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 3:38:26

Crossings per decade

12198019902000

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.