OmniathlonOWS
Pacific Ocean — United States

Santa Rosa Island - San Miguel Island

5.9 km
Distance
Sandy Point, Santa Rosa Island ↔ Cardwell Point, San Miguel Island
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. Sep 21, 2013
    First crossingJulian Rusinek2:25
  2. Sep 21, 2013
    First from countryJulian Rusinek🇺🇸 United States2:25
  3. Sep 21, 2013
    RecordJulian RusinekEquipment not declared · Solo · 2:25
  4. Sep 21, 2013
    RecordJulian RusinekWetsuit and other assisted swimwear · Solo · 2:25
  5. Sep 26, 2017
    First manDan Simonelli2:30

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.