Santa Barbara Channel — United States

Santa Cruz Island - Santa Rosa Island

9.0 km
Distance
Kinton Point, Santa Cruz Island ↔ Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island
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
    2:30 · 2008 · 1 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  2. 2
    2:52 · 2008 · 2 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo
  3. 3
    4:05:30 · Sep 26, 2017 · 3 in Wetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo

3 of 7

Pos.↑SwimmerDateTime
1Penny Palfrey20082:30documentedSwimsuit not stated
2Chris Palfrey20082:52documentedSwimsuit not stated
3Dan SimonelliSep 26, 20174:05:30documentedSwimsuit 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.