OmniathlonOWS
Santa Barbara Channel — United States

Mainland - Santa Cruz Island

38.8 km
Distance
Diablo Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island ↔ Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

The crossing

Diablo Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island ↔ Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara: 38.8 km between start and finish coasts. Our archive contains 18 crossings by swimmers from 5 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: Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association. Crossings as recorded by the body that ratified them.