OmniathlonOWS
Pacific Ocean — United States

Kaupo - Upolu Point

49.4 km
Distance
Hawaiʻi Island ↔ Maui
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

The crossing

Hawaiʻi Island ↔ Maui: 49.4 km between start and finish coasts. Our archive contains 9 crossings by swimmers from 2 countries.

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: Hawaiian Channel Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.