Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association Crossing Log

The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association began keeping records in 2006, the year the organization was founded. We have added other swims as we have found records. To correct or add any crossings, please email .

Solo Crossings by Island

Anacapa | San Clemente | San Miguel | San Nicolas | Santa Barbara | Santa Cruz | Santa Rosa | Inter-Island

Anacapa

#	Date	Swimmer	Country	M/F	Island	Route	Miles	Kilometers	Time	Notes
1	8/9/1978	Cindy Cleveland	USA	F	Anacapa	Mainland to Anacapa Island to Mainland	24.8 mi	39.9 k	12:48
2	8/12/1982	David Yudovin	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Mainland	12.4 mi	20.0 k	8:27
3	8/14/1990	Suzanne Riedinger	USA	F	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Mainland	12.4 mi	20.0 k	8:01
4	10/10/2001	Scott Zornig	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Mainland	12.4 mi	20.0 k	5:19
5	9/3/2007	Peter Urrea	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Port Hueneme	12.4 mi	20.0 k	8:15
6	9/28/2007	Kaustubh Vemuri	India	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	7:23
7	7/10/2008	Jim McConica	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	5:26
8	7/11/2008	Claudia Rose	USA	F	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	8:34
9	7/26/2008	Nick Caine	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	5:03
10	8/14/2008	Paul Lewis	England	M	Anacapa	Oxnard to Anacapa Island and back	24.8 mi	39.9 k	7:13/ 12:54
11	8/16/2008	Regina Matheu	Guatemala	F	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Hollywood Beach	12.4 mi	20.0 k	6:28
12	8/17/2008	Stanley Leventhal	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	8:43
13	10/08/2008	Emilio Casanueva	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Silverstrand Beach	12.4 mi	20.0 k	7:45
14	7/31/09	Cara Silvas	USA	F	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	5:31
15	8/13/09	Jim Neitz	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	8:37
16	9/5/2009	Forrest Nelson	USA	M	Anacapa	Silverstrand Beach to Anacapa Island	12.4 mi	20.0 k	8:00
17	8/7/2010	Dave Van Mouwerik	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	7:00
18	9/25/2010	Kim Rutherford	USA	F	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	8:18
19	10/16/2010	Joni Young	USA	F	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	6:36
20	5/6/2011	Jim Neitz	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa (west end) to Ventura	18.0 mi	29.0 k	10.23
21	7/23/2011	Marcia Cleveland	USA	F	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	6:00
22	7/23/2011	Chris Layton	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	6:00
23	8/21/2011	Lynn Kubasek	USA	F	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	7:08
24	9/1/2011	Jim Neitz	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Silverstrand Beach	12.4 mi	20.0 k	10:43
25	9/24/2011	Alan Morrison	USA	M	Anacapa	Anacapa Island to Oxnard	12.4 mi	20.0 k	6:59

San Clemente

San Miguel

#	Date	Swimmer	Country	M/F	Island	Route	Miles	Kilometers	Time	Notes
1	9/26/2008	Penny Palfrey	Australia	F	San Miguel	Nifty Rock area to Gaviota Point	25.9 mi	41.7 k	11:29

San Nicolas

Santa Barbara

#	Date	Swimmer	Country	M/F	Island	Route	Miles	Kilometers	Time	Notes
1	9/25/09	Penny Palfrey	Australia	F	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Island to Palos Verdes	40.0 mi	64.4 k	17:53

Santa Cruz

#	Date	Swimmer	Country	M/F	Island	Route	Miles	Kilometers	Time	Notes
1	8/16/1983	David Yudovin	USA	M	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Island to Mainland	19.0 mi	30.6 k	15:15
2	8/18/1984	Ashby Harper	USA	M	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Island to Mainland	23.5 mi	37.8 k	16:24
3	9/7/2006	Paul Lewis	England	M	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to Leadbetter Beach	24.8 mi	39.9 k	13:16
4	10/04/2006	Ned Denison	Ireland	M	Santa Cruz	San Pedro Point Hollywood Beach	19.0 mi	30.6 k	10: 27
5	7/7/2007	Rendy Lynn Opdycke	USA	F	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Island to East Beach	24.8 mi	39.9 k	10:51
6	8/14/2007	Kathleen Wilson	USA	F	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Island to Oxnard Channel Islands Harbor	19.0 mi	30.6 k	11:43
7	9/23/2007	Kevin Murphy	England	M	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Island to Leadbetter Beach	24.8 mi	29.9 k	17:31
8	7/15/2011	Tina Neill	USA	F	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz to Silver Stand Beach	19.0 mi	30.6 K	10:32

Santa Rosa

#	Date	Swimmer	Country	M/F	Island	Route	Miles	Kilometers	Time	Notes
1	7/12/2008	Marc Lewis	USA	M	Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa Island to Coal Oil Point	27.5 mi	44.3 k	15:46

Inter-Island

#	Date	Swimmer	Country	M/F	Island	Route	Miles	Kilometers	Time	Notes
1	10/7/2007	Scott Zornig	USA	M	Inter-Island	Anacapa Island to Santa Cruz Island	5.6 mi	9.0 k	2:18
1	6/28/2008	Penny Palfrey	Australia	F	Inter-Island	Santa Rosa Island to Santa Cruz Island	6.0 mi	9.7 k	2:30
2	6/28/2008	Chris Palfrey	Australia	M	Inter-Island	Santa Rosa Island to Santa Cruz Island	6.0 mi	9.7 k	2:52

Note that the distances identified on this log may not always be in agreement with the Maps and Route Descriptions, because individual swims may have been undertaken along routes that  do not represent the shortest distance between a given island and the mainland.  Distances are noted in statute miles (sm) on the maps, in statute miles and kilometers (km) above and in statute miles, nautical miles (nm) and kilometers in the Route Descriptions.

Relay Crossings (all)

#	Date	Swimmers	Team	Island	Route	Event	Distance	Time	Notes
1	8/18/1984	Beau Gatch Herb Barthels Pam Barthels Jeff Farrell Keith Martin Steve Snyder	Gatch Team #1	Santa Cruz	Hazards Cove to Shoreline Park		26.0 mi	11:47
2	7/2/1985	Herb Barthels Rick Barthels Jim Issac Jeff Reilly Tom Ball Craig Gaugher	Barthels Team # 1	Santa Cruz	Hazards Cove to Shoreline Park		26.0 mi	12:25
1	8/11/1985	Beau Gatch TJ Mosby John Morgan Brad Davies Glen Davies	Gatch Team #2	Coastal Swim	City of Santa Barbara to City of Ventura		24.0 mi	12:19
3	7/1/1987	Herb Barthels Jim Issac Maureen “Mo”   Bakey Mary Barron David Yudovin Marcelo Guiscardo	Barthels Team #2	Santa Cruz	Frog Rock to Shoreline Park		26.0 mi	10:10
1	7/20/2002	Jim Fitzpatrick Brendan Halffman Mike Suttle Criag Taylor Dave Yudovin Scott Zornig	Swim for Hope	San Clemente	San Clemente Island to Mainland		55.0 mi	33:08
1	8/29/2006	Peter Attia Jason Fox Marc Lewis Steve Lowe Forrest Nelson Ed Reynolds	Hammerless	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Island to Mainland		40.0 mi	18:44
4	7/21/2007	John Bishop Cindy Braden Corey Chan Jerry Mahoney Scott Reed Seth Streeter	Mission Wealth	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to East Beach	6x6 Race	26.0 mi	12:48
5	7/21/2007	Tara Stockton Steve Trueblood Kristen Stahle Pete Engle Marcie Kjoller Ingrid Schmitz	SBCC Swim Students	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to East Beach	6x6 Race	26.0 mi	15:15
6	7/21/2007	Dean White Vic Anderson Matt Organista Dean McNeil Pat Boyle Lisa Stratton	Jeff's Dudes & Gal	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to East Beach	6x6 Race	26.0 mi	15:35
7	7/21/2007	Willy Blumentals Michael & Ellen   Tschantz-Hahn Sondra Vitols Suzie Dods Abe de la   Houssaye	Cibbows	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to East Beach	6x6 Race	26.0 mi	15:38
8	7/21/2007	Norm Davis Megan Wygant Dianna Wygant Bill Wygant Jenna Howell Dan Boyle	South End Rowing Club	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to East Beach	6x6 Race	26.0 mi	15:54
9	7/21/2007	Katherine Lowe Marta Bechhoefer Gary Emich Sylvia Marino Kathie Hewko Joe Oaks	Team Alcatraz	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to East Beach	6x6 Race	26.0 mi	15:56
2	8/3/2007	Tim Lawrence Peter Zabel	2 Man	Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara Island to Rocky Point, Palos Verdes		40.0 mi	31:25
10	9/6/2008	Felipe Rivera Cindy Braden Corey Chan Jerry Mahoney Scott Reed Seth Streeter	Mission Wealth	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to East Beach	6x6 Race	26.0 mi	11:27
11	9/6/2008	Emilio Casanueva Ryan Zuckor Patrick Dideum Kathy Dideum Patti Rendy Lynn	SBCChum	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to East Beach	6x6 Race	26.0 mi	12:38
12	9/6/2008	Tara Stockton Rachel Jara Sam Dickinson Pete Engle Marcie Kjoller Ingrid Schmitz	The Flying Fish	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to East Beach	6x6 Race	26.0 mi	13:41
13	9/6/2008	Kelly Moore Shelley Brasher Brook Armstrong Lisa Stratton Bryce Armstrong Crow White	The Best Chance	Santa Cruz	Cueva Valdez to East Beach	6x6 Race	26.0 mi	14:27

Wet Suit Assisted (all)

SBCSA discourages the use of wetsuits, but understands that certain individuals will feel the need to wear one during their swim. SBCSA will recognize "wetsuit assisted" or "performance enhanced" swims. However, these swims will not be eligible for any records or firsts. Wetsuit assisted swims will be labeled as such and will be listed separately from other successful Channel swims. The SBCSA will not promote the use of wetsuites, but wetsuit assisted swimmers will not be denied unless it appears there is a lack of preparation or other safety issues.

	Date	Swimmer	Team	Island	Route	Event	Distance	Time	Notes
	9/19/2004	1st Annual BIG SWIM Channel Relay	1st annual Big Swim	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Island to Leadbetter Beach	BIG SWIM	26.0 mi	17:12
	11/11/2006	Dean White Andres Casanueva Emilio Casanueva Lisa Stratton Traile Schulman Pablo Navarro	Gold Plated	Santa Cruz	Frys Harbor To Leadbetter Beach		26.0 mi	14:56
	9/13/2008	5th Annual BIG SWIM Channel Relay	5th annual Big Swim	Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz Island to Goleta Beach	BIG SWIM	26.0 mi