Supporting and sanctioning marathon swims in the Channel Islands region of California
News
- Dec 1: December Newsletter - Deep Six take Santa Cruz; banquet recap
- Oct 22: October Newsletter - season recap & banquet info
- May 15: Semana Nautica 6-mile swim - entries available
- Apr 6: April Newsletter - October/November swim successes; banquet recap; new lifetime members.
- Nov 3: 2017 Swim Season in Review - Recapping 13 solo swims and 4 relays sanctioned by the SBCSA in our 2017 season. Discovering a key detail from the first Santa Barbara Channel swim in 1978.
- Earlier News
Steps to Swim with the SBCSA
- Choose a swim route.
- Make arrangements with an escort boat and identify your support crew.
- Submit a sanction application:
- The SBCSA will assign an observer to your swim.
- Train.
- Swim across!
2019 Swim Successes
- Rebecca Nevitt - Anacapa Island circumnavigation. 6:02 on November 10.
- Jim Neitz - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 11:25 on November 5.
- Ken Mignosa - San Miguel Island to Santa Cruz Island. 35:49 on October 22-23.
- Ranie Pearce - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 8:36 on October 16.
- Paige Kieding - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 7:01 on October 9.
- John Horst - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 9:41 on October 3.
- Rodger Delehanty - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 10:38 on September 28.
- Karina Garcia - Santa Cruz Island to Mainland. 10:39 on September 24.
- Cynthia Hertzer - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 6:31 on September 19.
- Tesla Profumo - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 6:14 on September 17.
- Jim McConica - Anacapa Island circumnavigation. 5:58 on September 14.
- Kris Berglund - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 8:49 on September 9.
- Georgia Wells - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 6:59 on September 6.
- David Sundius - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 7:40 on August 25.
- Meg Omainsky - Anacapa Island circumnavigation. 7:35 on August 10.
- Scott Kaloust - Anacapa Island to Mainland. 8:18 on August 4.
- Denis Crean - Mainland to Anacapa Island. 6:20 on July 30.
- Cindy Werhane - Anacapa Island circumnavigation. 6:55 on July 26.
- Abigail Bergman - Mainland to Anacapa Island. 5:58 on July 23.
- Prabhat Koli - Mainland to Anacapa Island. 6:22 on July 10.
- Caroline Block - Mainland to Anacapa Island. 10:04 on March 31.
- Caroline Block - Mainland to Santa Cruz Island. 14:56 on January 12.