Dea Ann Joslin

Dea Ann Joslin in the Maui Channel

Dea Ann Joslin is a 61-year-old American pool and open water swimmer from Petaluma, California. She is a U.S. Masters Swimming member, a member of the South End Rowing Club, a swim coach, and mother of five.

Open Water Swimming Highlights[edit]

She has participated in nearly every swim in San Francisco Bay including the Alcatraz Swim, the Golden Gate Bridge Swim, the swim from the Bay Bridge to the Golden Gate.
In September 2002, she crossed the Maui Channel Swim as a solo swimmer in 5 hours 31 minutes.
On 29 August 2003, she completed the first solo round-trip crossing of the Maui Channel in 9 hours 20 minutes from Maui to Lanai and back (3 hours 57 minutes + 5 hours 23 minutes).
In 2006, she crossed the Maui Channel Swim as a solo swimmer in 4 hours 54 minutes.
In 2008, she crossed the Maui Channel Swim as a solo swimmer in 6 hours 20 minutes and in 4 hours 30 minutes