Santa Barbara Channel — United States

Santa Barbara Island - Point Vicente

63.7 km
Distance
Arch Point, Santa Barbara Island ↔ Point Vicente, Palos Verdes
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · Copernicus Sentinel data

Crossings marked «documented» are historical: reconstructed from chronicles, newspapers, archives and race results, with no governing body to ratify them. In the rankings they stand with the ratified ones.

Annotations, which do not change the category: Swimsuit not stated.

Crossings swum in a wetsuit, a tech suit or a swimsuit covering more than Skin allows.

Podium · Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · One-way

  1. 1
    17:53:41 · Sep 25, 2009 · 1 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo

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Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Penny PalfreySep 25, 200917:53:41documentedSwimsuit not stated

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.