OmniathlonOWS
Ka'ie'iewaho Channel — United States

Kaua'i - O'ahu

121.3 km
Distance
Kaua'i ↔ O'ahu
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. 2010
    First crossingKaieiewaho Channel Relay47:55
  2. 2010
    RecordKaieiewaho Channel RelayWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 47:55
  3. Apr 2010
    First womanPenny Palfrey
  4. Apr 2010
    First from countryPenny Palfrey🇦🇺 Australia
  5. Nov 2010
    First from countryLinda Kaiser🇺🇸 United States46:55
  6. Nov 2010
    RecordLinda KaiserWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Relay · 46:55

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.