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[[File:Ocean Navi 8139.jpeg|400px|thumb|right|[[Ocean Navi]] [[relay]] members [[Chika Nishibori]], [[Kumiko Koizumi]], [[Minori Tanaka]], [[Syuji Nao]], [[Hiroko Ashikawa]], [[Rie Tamai]], [[Yuki Tsunoda]], [[Tomoko Tamura]], [[Syusei Uzawa]] and [[Kenji Kanbe]] with [[observer]] [[Masayuki Moriya]] and [[crew member]] Honma Motoko after crossing the 42 km [[Sado Channel]] in 15 hours 16 minutes 17 seconds on 21 October 2020]]
noun - The World's Top 100 Island Swims are interesting, unique, beautiful and exciting [[island swim]]s that can involve solo, stage, competitive, relay or charity [[open water swimming]] or served as [[swim vacation]]s that are held to, from, on, in, near or around islands in any [[open body of water]].  There are tens of thousands of [[island swim]]s around the world.  The World's Top 100 Island Swims include the following, listed alphabetically:

==2020 World's Top 100 Island Swims==

1. [[20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim]], 45.9 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Manhattan Island]] in New York City <br/>
2. [[358 Swim]], 3 km, 5 km and 8 km along the Hamilo Coast at the Pico de Loro Beach and Country Club, Nasugbu, Batangas, Philippines<br/>
3. [[Alcatraz Island swims]], 2 km between [[Alcatraz Island]] and [[Aquatic Park]] in [[San Francisco Bay]], California<br/>
4. [[Apolima Strait Swim]], 22.3 km between Upolu and Savai'i across the [[Apolima Strait]] in Samoa<br/>
5. [[Bali Ocean Swim]], 1.2 km, 5 km and 10 km on Kuta Beach, Bali<br/>
6. [[Barbados Open Water Festival]], 1.5 km, 3.3 km, 5 km, 10 km in [[Carlisle Bay]], [[Barbados]] <br/>
7. [[Beach-to-Beach Power Swim]], 1 mile, 2.25 miles, 3.5 miles in Trunk Bay, Cinnamon Bay, Hawksnest Bay in St. John, [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]<br/>
8. [[Beginish Island Swim]], 6.43 km around [[Beginish Island]] in Co. Kerry, Ireland<br/>
9. [[Bermuda Round-the-Sound]], 0.8 km, 2 km, 4 km, 7.25 km and 10 km  in Bermuda<br/>
10. [[BEST FEST]], 10-race 7-day competition in [[Mallorca]], Spain<br/>
11. [[Big Island Swim Challenge]] or [[BISA]], 37 km in Ilha Grande, [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil<br/>
12. [[BISRA GaddinAbtGarnish]], 1 km, 3 km, 5 km and 7 km around [[Garnish Island]] in Glengarriff, Co. [[Cork]], Ireland<br/>
13. [[Bonaire EcoSwim]], 1 km, 2 km, 3 km, 5 km, 10 km in Kralendijk, [[Bonaire]]<br/>
14. [[Canal de Menorca]], 37 km between the [[Balearic Islands]] of [[Menorca]] and [[Mallorca]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]<br/>
15. [[Caramoan 7K Swim Challenge]], 3.5 km and 7 km between islands in Camarines Sur, Philippines<br/>
16. [[Catalina Channel]], 32.3 km between [[Santa Catalina Island]] and the California [[mainland]]<br/>
17. [[Cebu Strait]], 12 - 16 km [[strait crossing]] from [[Cabilao Island]] to Argao on [[Cebu Island]] in the Philippines<br/>
18. [[Cocos International Crossing]], 3.52 km channel crossing from [[Cocos Island]] to Guam<br/>
19. [[Cook Strait]], 23 km between [[North Island]] and [[South Island]] in New Zealand<br/>
20. [[Cork Distance Week]], 8-day swim camp including the [[Body Brain Confusion Swim]] around [[Sandycove Island]] and [[Sherkin Island]] in [[Cork]], Ireland<br/>
21. [[Croatian Elaphiti Islands – Dubrovnik]], 5-day [[swim vacation]] in the southern [[Dalmatian Coast]] along Croatia's Elaphiti island<br/>
22. [[Croatia Open Water Swim Cruise]] 9-day [[swim vacation]] from Split and around [[Dalmatian Islands]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]], ending in the [[Faros Challenge]]<br/>
23. [[Curaçao Channel Crossing]], 26.1 km from [[Klein Curaçao]] to [[Curaçao]]<br/>
24. [[Deception Island]], 1 km in [[South Shetland]] off the [[Antarctic Peninsula]]<br/>
25. [[Duke of Marlborough Hotel Bay of Islands Classic]], 3.3 km, 750m, 300m, 200m and 100m from Paihia to Russell, New Zealand<br/>
26. [[El Cruce]], 3 km and 10 km from [[Cancún]] to [[Isla Mujeres]] in [[Quintana Roo]], Mexico<br/>
27. [[Enoshima - Jogashima Channel]], 21 km island-to-island [[crossing]] in eastern Japan<br/>
28. [[Escape from Mañagaha]], 2.4 km channel crossing between [[Saipan]] and Mañagaha in the Northern Mariana Islands<br/>
29. [[Escape from Spike Island]], 1.8 km in [[Cobh Harbour]], Ireland<br/>
30. [[Fastnet Rock]], 6.5 km on the most southerly point of Ireland<br/>
31. [[Fiji Swims]], 1 km, 2.7 km and 18 km at [[Treasure Island]] and [[Beachcomber Island]], Fiji<br/>
32. [[Five Islands Challenge]], including 7.4 km [[Manono Island Swim]], 5 km [[Fanuatapu - Namu'a Islands Swim]], 5 km [[Namu'a Island to Lalomanu Swim]], 5.3 km [[Nu'usafe'e Island Swim]],  3.5 km [[Matautu Island Swim]] in Samoa<br/>
33. [[Flowers Sea Swim]], 1.6 km, 5 km and 10 km on [[Seven Mile Beach]] on [[Grand Cayman]] in the [[Cayman Islands]]<br/>
34. [[Freedom Swim]], 7.4 km from [[Robben Island]] to [[Big Bay]] in [[Cape Town]], South Africa<br/>
35. [[Generation Homes Sand to Surf]], 2.6 km and 1.25 km around Moturiki Island in [[Mt Maunganui]], New Zealand <br/>
36. [[Greek Symi Swimming Odyssey]] 7-day [[swim vacation]] on [[Symi Island]] in the Dodecanese group located near [[Rhodes]], Greece<br/>
37. [[Guernsey]], 48.28 km around the island in the [[English Channel]] off the coast of Normandy<br/>
38. [[Île du Diable]] or [[Devil's Island]], 14 km from the [[French Guiana]] coast in South America<br/>
39. [[Île d'Oléron]], 3 km to French [[mainland]]<br/>
40. [[Inisbofin Swim]], 12.8 km from [[Inishbofin]] to Connemara, County Galway, Ireland<br/>
41. [[Isle of Wight]], 90 km [[circumnavigation swim]] in the [[English Channel]]<br/>
42. [[Kapiti Island Swim]], 5.6 km between [[Kapiti Island]] and [[North Island]] in New Zealand <br/>
43. [[Lake Toba Festival - World Super Swim]] 3-day 117.6 km [[circumnavigation relay]] around [[Samosir Island]], North Sumatra, Indonesia<br/>
44. [[Linden Scott Swim Around Gasparee Island]], 5.6 km around [[Gasparee Island]], Trinidad & Tobago<br/>
45. [[Lord Howe Island]], 30 km [[circumnavigation swim]] in the Tasman Sea east of Port Macquarie, Australia<br/>
46. [[Malta-Gozo-Malta Open Water Swimming Competition]], 5.5 km and 11 km in [[Malta]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] south of Sicily, Italy<br/>
47. [[Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli]], 36 km from [[Capri]] to [[Napoli]], Italy<br/>
48. [[Marnaton eDreams Formentera]], 4 km and 11 km on the island of [[Formentera]], Spain <br/>
49. [[Maui Channel Swim]], 15.9 km relay between the islands of [[Lanai]] and [[Maui]] in [[Hawaii]]<br/>
50. [[Moz Coral Open Water Race]], 10 km from Haapiti – Site Tiahura on [[Mo'orea]], [[Tahiti]]<br/>
51. [[Naples Island Swims]], 200m, 500m, 1 km, 1.6 km and 4.8 km in [[Long Beach]], California<br/>
52. [[Navarino Challenge]], 1.6 km in Navarino Bay at the port of Pylos in Greece's [[Ionian Sea]]<br/>
53. [[Nevis to St. Kitts Cross-Channel Swim]], 4 km from [[Nevis]] to [[St. Kitts]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]<br/>
54. [[FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series]], 10 km [[professional marathon swim]] in [[New Caledonia]]<br/>
55. [[Okinawa Uruma Hamahiga Open Water Swim]], 0.4 km, 0.8 km, 1.6 km and 3.2 km on [[Hamahiga Island]] in [[Okinawa]], Japan<br/>
56. [[Palk Strait]],59 km between India and Sri Lanka<br/>
57. [[Pennock Island Challenge]], 13.2 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Pennock Island]] in Ketchikan, Alaska<br/>
58. [[Perhentian Island Marathon Swim]], 16 km [[circumnavigation swim]] in Pulau, [[Perhentian Besar]] in Malaysia<br/>
59. [[Quicksilver Reef Swim - Green Island]], 1.5 km and 3 km from [[Green Island]] over the [[Great Barrier Reef]] in Queensland in northeastern Australia<br/>
60. [[Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim]], 0.5 mile, 1-mile and 2.4-mile in Turks & Caicos<br/>
61. [[Rathlin Swim Challenge]], 11.3 km from [[Rathlin]] to [[Bellycastle]] in Northern Ireland <br/>
62. [[Rattlesnake Island Swim]], 3.1 km and 7 km across [[Okanagan Lake]] in Peachland, British Columbia, Canada<br/>
63. [[Rottnest Channel Swim]], 19.7 km from Perth in Western Australia to [[Rottnest Island]]<br/>
64. [[Round Jersey]], 65.9 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around the [[Island of Jersey]] in the middle of the [[English Channel]] <br/>
65. [[Sado Channel Crossing]], 40 km [[prison island swim]] from [[Sado Island]] to Niigata Prefecture on [[Honshu]] in northern Japan<br/>
66. [[St. Croix Coral Reef Swim]], 1.6 km, 3.2 km and 8 km in St. Croix in the [[Caribbean Sea]]<br/>
67. [[Saipan Swim Club Ocean Swim]], 0.6 km, 1 km, 1.3 km, 2.5 km in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands<br/>
68. [[Sandycove Island Challenge]], 2 km around [[Sandycove Island]], Kinsale, Co Cork, Irelan7<br/>
69. [[Santa Barbara Channel]], 19.6 km between [[Anacapa Island]] and the California [[mainland]]<br/>
70. [[Santa Cruz Channel]], 30.5 km between [[Santa Cruz Island]] and Oxford on the California [[mainland]] <br/>
71. [[Santorini Experience]], 2.4 km on [[Santorini Island]], Greece<br/>
72. [[Sherkin Island Swim]], 2 km from [[Sherkin Island]] to the [[Cork]] [[mainland]], Ireland<br/>
73. [[Shonan Open Water Swim]], 800m, 2.5 km and 10 km from [[Zushi]] to [[Enoshima]] in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan<br/>
74. [[Singapore Open Water Swim Stars]], 1 km and 3.5 km at the Sea Sport Center in Singapore<br/>
75. [[Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union Sea Swim]], 3.2 km in, Colombo, Sri Lanka<br/>
76. [[Strait of Bonifacio]], 11 km between [[Corsica]] (France) and [[Sardinia]] (Italy) in the western [[Mediterranean Sea]]<br/>
77. [[Strait of Messina]], 3.1 km between the eastern tip of [[Sicily]] and the southern tip of [[Calabria]] in southern Italy<br/>
78. [[Strel Swimming Adventures Croatian Island Hopping]], 7-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]] along Croatia´s [[Dalmatian Coast]] based on the small island of Krapanj<br/>
79. [[Swim Around Charleston]], 19.3 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around Charleston, South Carolina<br/>
80. [[Swim Around Key West]], 20.1 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Key West]], Florida<br/>
81. [[Swim for Haiti]], 1.5 km and 10 km on [[Ile des Arcadins]] in Haiti<br/>
82. [[Swim The Island]], 1.7 km, 3.5 km, 5 km in [[Isola di Bergeggi]], Italy<br/>
83. [[Swimming Holidays in the Canary Islands]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Canary Islands]], Spain <br/>
84. [[SwimTrek Crete Discovery]], 7-day [[swim vacation]] on Crete, Greece<br/>
85. [[SwimTrek Milos Explorer]], 7-day [[swim vacation]] on [[Milos]], Greece<br/>
86. [[SwimTrek Galapagos Islands]], 8-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Galapagos Islands]]<br/>
87. [[SwimTrek The Maldives]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Maldives]]<br/>
88. [[SwimVacation Abacos Bahamas]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Bahamas]]<br/>
89. [[SwimVacation British Virgin Islands]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[British Virgin Islands]]<br/>
90. [[Tahiti Swimming Experience]], 4 x 200m relay, 2 km fun race, 5 km multi-day event in [[Tahiti]]<br/> 
91. [[The Around-Coronado Swim]], 18.6 km around [[Coronado Island]] in [[San Diego]], California, USA<br/>
92. [[The Big Blue Swim Lefkada Ionian 12 Islands]], 7-day [[swim vacation]]s in [[Lefkada Island]] and other islands in the [[Ionian Sea]] the west of Greek [[mainland]]<br/>
93. [[Torneo Internacional de Natación en Aguas Abiertas]], 7.5 km point-to-point high-altitude lake swim from the [[Isla de la Luna]] to the [[Isla del Sol]] in [[Lake Titicaca]], Bolivia <br/>
94. [[Travesía a Nado El Río]], 2.6 km inter-island swim from the Playa de Bajo Risco in [[Lanzarote]] to the Caleta de Sebo in La Graciosa on the [[Canary Islands]]<br/>
95. [[Travesia Media Maraton de Tabarca]], 22 km in [[Tabarca]], Spain<br/>
96. [[Valentia Island Circumnavigation]], 25.8 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Valentia Island]] in western Ireland<br/>
97. [[Vanuatu Ocean Swim]], 1.5 km and 3.2 km in Port Vila, Iririki Island, Vanuatu<br/>
98. [[Waikiki Roughwater Swim]], 3.8 km across [[Waikiki Beach]] on [[Oahu]] in [[Hawaii]]<br/>
99. [[World Heritage Okinawa Safa-utaki Open Water Swim Race]], 500m, 1 km, 1.5 km and 3 km relay in Azama Sunsun Beach, Nanjo City, [[Okinawa]], Japan<br/>
100. [[Xiamen-Kinman Swimming]], 7.1 km from Tiamen, China to [[Kinmen]], Taiwan across the [[Taiwan Strait]]<br/>

==2019 World's Top 100 Island Swims==

1. [[20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim]], 45.9 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Manhattan Island]] in New York City <br/>
2. [[358 Swim]], 3 km, 5 km and 8 km along the Hamilo Coast at the Pico de Loro Beach and Country Club, Nasugbu, Batangas, Philippines<br/>
3. [[Alcatraz Island swims]], 2 km between [[Alcatraz Island]] and [[Aquatic Park]] in [[San Francisco Bay]], California<br/>
4. [[Apolima Strait Swim]], 22.3 km between Upolu and Savai'i across the [[Apolima Strait]] in Samoa<br/>
5. [[Bali Ocean Swim]], 1.2 km, 5 km and 10 km on Kuta Beach, Bali<br/>
6. [[Barbados Open Water Festival]], 1.5 km, 3.3 km, 5 km, 10 km in [[Carlisle Bay]], [[Barbados]] <br/>
7. [[Beach-to-Beach Power Swim]], 1 mile, 2.25 miles, 3.5 miles in Trunk Bay, Cinnamon Bay, Hawksnest Bay in St. John, [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]<br/>
8. [[Beginish Island Swim]], 6.43 km around [[Beginish Island]] in Co. Kerry, Ireland<br/>
9. [[Bermuda Round-the-Sound]], 0.8 km, 2 km, 4 km, 7.25 km and 10 km  in Bermuda<br/>
10. [[BEST FEST]], 10-race 7-day competition in [[Mallorca]], Spain<br/>
11. [[BISRA GaddinAbtGarnish]], 1 km, 3 km, 5 km and 7 km around [[Garnish Island]] in Glengarriff, Co. [[Cork]], Ireland<br/>
12. [[Bonaire EcoSwim]], 1 km, 2 km, 3 km, 5 km, 10 km in Kralendijk, [[Bonaire]]<br/>
13. [[Canal de Menorca]], 37 km between the [[Balearic Islands]] of [[Menorca]] and [[Mallorca]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]<br/>
14. [[Caramoan 7K Swim Challenge]], 3.5 km and 7 km between islands in Camarines Sur, Philippines<br/>
15. [[Catalina Channel]], 32.3 km between [[Santa Catalina Island]] and the California [[mainland]]<br/>
16. [[Cebu Strait]], 12 - 16 km [[strait crossing]] from [[Cabilao Island]] to Argao on [[Cebu Island]] in the Philippines<br/>
17. [[Cocos International Crossing]], 3.52 km channel crossing from [[Cocos Island]] to Guam<br/>
18. [[Cook Strait]], 23 km between [[North Island]] and [[South Island]] in New Zealand<br/>
19. [[Cork Distance Week]], 8-day swim camp including the [[Body Brain Confusion Swim]] around [[Sandycove Island]] and [[Sherkin Island]] in [[Cork]], Ireland<br/>
20. [[Croatian Elaphiti Islands – Dubrovnik]], 5-day [[swim vacation]] in the southern [[Dalmatian Coast]] along Croatia's Elaphiti island<br/>
21. [[Croatia Open Water Swim Cruise]] 9-day [[swim vacation]] from Split and around [[Dalmatian Islands]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]], ending in the [[Faros Challenge]]<br/>
22. [[Curaçao Channel Crossing]], 26.1 km from [[Klein Curaçao]] to [[Curaçao]]<br/>
23. [[Deception Island]], 1 km in [[South Shetland]] off the [[Antarctic Peninsula]]<br/>
24. [[Duke of Marlborough Hotel Bay of Islands Classic]], 3.3 km, 750m, 300m, 200m and 100m from Paihia to Russell, New Zealand<br/>
25. [[El Cruce]], 3 km and 10 km from [[Cancún]] to [[Isla Mujeres]] in [[Quintana Roo]], Mexico<br/>
26. [[Enoshima - Jogashima Channel]], 21 km island-to-island [[crossing]] in eastern Japan<br/>
27. [[Escape from Mañagaha]], 2.4 km channel crossing between [[Saipan]] and Mañagaha in the Northern Mariana Islands<br/>
28. [[Escape from Spike Island]], 1.8 km in [[Cobh Harbour]], Ireland<br/>
29. [[Fastnet Rock]], 6.5 km on the most southerly point of Ireland<br/>
30. [[Fiji Swims]], 1 km, 2.7 km and 18 km at [[Treasure Island]] and [[Beachcomber Island]], Fiji<br/>
31. [[Five Islands Challenge]], including 7.4 km [[Manono Island Swim]], 5 km [[Fanuatapu - Namu'a Islands Swim]], 5 km [[Namu'a Island to Lalomanu Swim]], 5.3 km [[Nu'usafe'e Island Swim]],  3.5 km [[Matautu Island Swim]] in Samoa<br/>
32. [[Flowers Sea Swim]], 1.6 km, 5 km and 10 km on [[Seven Mile Beach]] on [[Grand Cayman]] in the [[Cayman Islands]]<br/>
33. [[Freedom Swim]], 7.4 km from [[Robben Island]] to [[Big Bay]] in [[Cape Town]], South Africa<br/>
34. [[Generation Homes Sand to Surf]], 2.6 km and 1.25 km around Moturiki Island in [[Mt Maunganui]], New Zealand <br/>
35. [[Greek Symi Swimming Odyssey]] 7-day [[swim vacation]] on [[Symi Island]] in the Dodecanese group located near [[Rhodes]], Greece<br/>
36. [[Guernsey]], 48.28 km around the island in the [[English Channel]] off the coast of Normandy<br/>
37. [[Île du Diable]] or [[Devil's Island]], 14 km from the [[French Guiana]] coast in South America<br/>
38. [[Île d'Oléron]], 3 km to French [[mainland]]<br/>
39. [[Inisbofin Swim]], 12.8 km from [[Inishbofin]] to Connemara, County Galway, Ireland<br/>
40. [[Isle of Wight]], 90 km [[circumnavigation swim]] in the [[English Channel]]<br/>
41. [[Kapiti Island Swim]], 5.6 km between [[Kapiti Island]] and [[North Island]] in New Zealand <br/>
42. [[Lake Toba Festival - World Super Swim]] 3-day 117.6 km [[circumnavigation relay]] around [[Samosir Island]], North Sumatra, Indonesia<br/>
43. [[Linden Scott Swim Around Gasparee Island]], 5.6 km around [[Gasparee Island]], Trinidad & Tobago<br/>
44. [[Malta-Gozo-Malta Open Water Swimming Competition]], 5.5 km and 11 km in [[Malta]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] south of Sicily, Italy<br/>
45. [[Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli]], 36 km from [[Capri]] to [[Napoli]], Italy<br/>
46. [[Marnaton eDreams Formentera]], 4 km and 11 km on the island of [[Formentera]], Spain <br/>
47. [[Maui Channel Swim]], 15.9 km relay between the islands of [[Lanai]] and [[Maui]] in [[Hawaii]]<br/>
48. [[Mercer Island Marathon Swim]], 20 km around [[Mercer Island]], Washington<br/>
49. [[Moz Coral Open Water Race]], 10 km from Haapiti – Site Tiahura on [[Mo'orea]], [[Tahiti]]<br/>
50. [[Naples Island Swims]], 200m, 500m, 1 km, 1.6 km and 4.8 km in [[Long Beach]], California<br/>
51. [[Navarino Challenge]], 1.6 km in Navarino Bay at the port of Pylos in Greece's [[Ionian Sea]]<br/>
52. [[Nevis to St. Kitts Cross-Channel Swim]], 4 km from [[Nevis]] to [[St. Kitts]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]<br/>
53. [[FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series]], 10 km [[professional marathon swim]] in [[New Caledonia]]<br/>
54. [[Okinawa Uruma Hamahiga Open Water Swim]], 0.4 km, 0.8 km, 1.6 km and 3.2 km on [[Hamahiga Island]] in [[Okinawa]], Japan<br/>
55. [[Palk Strait]],59 km between India and Sri Lanka<br/>
56. [[Pennock Island Challenge]], 13.2 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Pennock Island]] in Ketchikan, Alaska<br/>
57. [[Perhentian Island Marathon Swim]], 16 km [[circumnavigation swim]] in Pulau, [[Perhentian Besar]] in Malaysia<br/>
58. [[Quicksilver Reef Swim - Green Island]], 1.5 km and 3 km from [[Green Island]] over the [[Great Barrier Reef]] in Queensland in northeastern Australia<br/>
59. [[Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim]], 0.5 mile, 1-mile and 2.4-mile in Turks & Caicos<br/>
60. [[Rathlin Swim Challenge]], 11.3 km from [[Rathlin]] to [[Bellycastle]] in Northern Ireland <br/>
61. [[Rattlesnake Island Swim]], 3.1 km and 7 km across [[Okanagan Lake]] in Peachland, British Columbia, Canada<br/>
62. [[RCP Tiburon Mile]], 1.6 km from [[Angel Island]] to [[Tiburon]], California<br/>
63. [[Rottnest Channel Swim]], 19.7 km from Perth in Western Australia to [[Rottnest Island]]<br/>
64. [[Round Jersey]], 65.9 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around the [[Island of Jersey]] in the middle of the [[English Channel]] <br/>
65. [[Sado Channel Crossing]], 40 km [[prison island swim]] from [[Sado Island]] to Niigata Prefecture on [[Honshu]] in northern Japan<br/>
66. [[St. Croix Coral Reef Swim]], 1.6 km, 3.2 km and 8 km in St. Croix in the [[Caribbean Sea]]<br/>
67. [[Saipan Swim Club Ocean Swim]], 0.6 km, 1 km, 1.3 km, 2.5 km in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands<br/>
68. [[Sandycove Island Challenge]], 2 km around [[Sandycove Island]], Kinsale, Co Cork, Irelan7<br/>
69. [[Santa Barbara Channel]], 19.6 km between [[Anacapa Island]] and the California [[mainland]]<br/>
70. [[Santa Cruz Channel]], 30.5 km between [[Santa Cruz Island]] and Oxford on the California [[mainland]] <br/>
71. [[Santorini Experience]], 2.4 km on [[Santorini Island]], Greece<br/>
72. [[Sherkin Island Swim]], 2 km from [[Sherkin Island]] to the [[Cork]] [[mainland]], Ireland<br/>
73. [[Shonan Open Water Swim]], 800m, 2.5 km and 10 km from [[Zushi]] to [[Enoshima]] in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan<br/>
74. [[Singapore Open Water Swim Stars]], 1 km and 3.5 km at the Sea Sport Center in Singapore<br/>
75. [[Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union Sea Swim]], 3.2 km in, Colombo, Sri Lanka<br/>
76. [[Strait of Bonifacio]], 11 km between [[Corsica]] (France) and [[Sardinia]] (Italy) in the western [[Mediterranean Sea]]<br/>
77. [[Strait of Messina]], 3.1 km between the eastern tip of [[Sicily]] and the southern tip of [[Calabria]] in southern Italy<br/>
78. [[Strel Swimming Adventures Croatian Island Hopping]], 7-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]] along Croatia´s [[Dalmatian Coast]] based on the small island of Krapanj<br/>
79. [[Swim Around Charleston]], 19.3 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around Charleston, South Carolina<br/>
80. [[Swim Around Key West]], 20.1 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Key West]], Florida<br/>
81. [[Swim for Haiti]], 1.5 km and 10 km on [[Ile des Arcadins]] in Haiti<br/>
82. [[Swim The Island]], 1.7 km, 3.5 km, 5 km in [[Isola di Bergeggi]], Italy<br/>
83. [[Swimming Holidays in the Canary Islands]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Canary Islands]], Spain <br/>
84. [[SwimTrek Crete Discovery]], 7-day [[swim vacation]] on Crete, Greece<br/>
85. [[SwimTrek Milos Explorer]], 7-day [[swim vacation]] on [[Milos]], Greece<br/>
86. [[SwimTrek Red Sea Liveaboard - Egypt]], 8-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Red Sea]] in Egypt<br/>
87. [[SwimTrek Galapagos Islands]], 8-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Galapagos Islands]]<br/>
88. [[SwimTrek The Maldives]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Maldives]]<br/>
89. [[SwimVacation Abacos Bahamas]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Bahamas]]<br/>
90. [[SwimVacation British Virgin Islands]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[British Virgin Islands]]<br/>
91. [[Tahiti Swimming Experience]], 4 x 200m relay, 2 km fun race, 5 km multi-day event in [[Tahiti]]<br/> 
92. [[The Big Blue Swim Lefkada Ionian 12 Islands]], 7-day [[swim vacation]]s in [[Lefkada Island]] and other islands in the [[Ionian Sea]] the west of Greek [[mainland]]<br/>
93. [[Torneo Internacional de Natación en Aguas Abiertas]], 7.5 km point-to-point high-altitude lake swim from the [[Isla de la Luna]] to the [[Isla del Sol]] in [[Lake Titicaca]], Bolivia <br/>
94. [[Travesía a Nado El Río]], 2.6 km inter-island swim from the Playa de Bajo Risco in [[Lanzarote]] to the Caleta de Sebo in La Graciosa on the [[Canary Islands]]<br/>
95. [[Travesia Media Maraton de Tabarca]], 22 km in [[Tabarca]], Spain<br/>
96. [[Valentia Island Circumnavigation]], 25.8 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Valentia Island]] in western Ireland<br/>
97. [[Vanuatu Ocean Swim]], 1.5 km and 3.2 km in Port Vila, Iririki Island, Vanuatu<br/>
98. [[Waikiki Roughwater Swim]], 3.8 km across [[Waikiki Beach]] on [[Oahu]] in [[Hawaii]]<br/>
99. [[World Heritage Okinawa Safa-utaki Open Water Swim Race]], 500m, 1 km, 1.5 km and 3 km relay in Azama Sunsun Beach, Nanjo City, [[Okinawa]], Japan<br/>
100. [[Xiamen-Kinman Swimming]], 7.1 km from Tiamen, China to [[Kinmen]], Taiwan across the [[Taiwan Strait]]<br/>

==2018 World's Top 100 Island Swims==

1. [[20 Bridges Manhattan Island Swim]], 45.9 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Manhattan Island]] in New York City <br/>
2. [[40 Bridges Swim]], 91 km twice [[counterclockwise]] [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Manhattan Island]] in New York City <br/>
3. [[358 Swim]], 3 km, 5 km and 8 km along the Hamilo Coast at the Pico de Loro Beach and Country Club, Nasugbu, Batangas, Philippines<br/>
4. [[Alcatraz Island swims]], 2 km between [[Alcatraz Island]] and [[Aquatic Park]] in [[San Francisco Bay]], California<br/>
5. [[Apolima Strait Swim]], 22.3 km between Upolu and Savai'i across the [[Apolima Strait]] in Samoa<br/>
6. [[Bali Ocean Swim]], 1.2 km, 5 km and 10 km on Kuta Beach, Bali<br/>
7. [[Barbados Open Water Festival]], 1.5 km, 3.3 km, 5 km, 10 km in [[Carlisle Bay]], [[Barbados]] <br/>
8. [[Beach-to-Beach Power Swim]], 1 mile, 2.25 miles, 3.5 miles in Trunk Bay, Cinnamon Bay, Hawksnest Bay in St. John, [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]<br/>
9. [[Beginish Island Swim]], 6.43 km around [[Beginish Island]] in Co. Kerry, Ireland<br/>
10. [[Bermuda Round-the-Sound]], 0.8 km, 2 km, 4 km, 7.25 km and 10 km  in Bermuda<br/>
11. [[BEST FEST]], 10-race 7-day competition in [[Mallorca]], Spain<br/>
12. [[BISRA GaddinAbtGarnish]], 1 km, 3 km, 5 km and 7 km around [[Garnish Island]] in Glengarriff, Co. [[Cork]], Ireland<br/>
13. [[Bonaire EcoSwim]], 1 km, 2 km, 3 km, 5 km, 10 km in Kralendijk, [[Bonaire]]<br/>
14. [[Canal de Menorca]], 37 km between the [[Balearic Islands]] of [[Menorca]] and [[Mallorca]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]<br/>
15. [[Caramoan 7K Swim Challenge]], 3.5 km and 7 km between islands in Camarines Sur, Philippines<br/>
16. [[Catalina Channel]], 32.3 km between [[Santa Catalina Island]] and the California [[mainland]]<br/>
17. [[Cebu Strait]], 12 - 16 km [[strait crossing]] from [[Cabilao Island]] to Argao on [[Cebu Island]] in the Philippines<br/>
18. [[Cocos International Crossing]], 3.52 km channel crossing from [[Cocos Island]] to Guam<br/>
19. [[Cook Strait]], 23 km between [[North Island]] and [[South Island]] in New Zealand<br/>
20. [[Cork Distance Week]], 8-day swim camp including the [[Body Brain Confusion Swim]] around [[Sandycove Island]] and [[Sherkin Island]] in [[Cork]], Ireland<br/>
21. [[Croatian Elaphiti Islands – Dubrovnik]], 5-day [[swim vacation]] in the southern [[Dalmatian Coast]] along Croatia's Elaphiti island<br/>
22. [[Curaçao Channel Crossing]], 26.1 km from [[Klein Curaçao]] to [[Curaçao]]<br/>
23. [[Deception Island]], 1 km in [[South Shetland]] off the [[Antarctic Peninsula]]<br/>
24. [[Duke of Marlborough Hotel Bay of Islands Classic]], 3.3 km, 750m, 300m, 200m and 100m from Paihia to Russell, New Zealand<br/>
25. [[El Cruce]], 3 km and 10 km from [[Cancún]] to [[Isla Mujeres]] in [[Quintana Roo]], Mexico<br/>
26. [[Escape from Mañagaha]], 2.4 km channel crossing between [[Saipan]] and Mañagaha in the Northern Mariana Islands<br/>
27. [[Escape from Spike Island]], 1.8 km in [[Cobh Harbour]], Ireland<br/>
28. [[Fiji Swims]], 1 km, 2.7 km and 18 km at [[Treasure Island]] and [[Beachcomber Island]], Fiji<br/>
29. [[Five Islands Challenge]], including 7.4 km [[Manono Island Swim]], 5 km [[Fanuatapu - Namu'a Islands Swim]], 5 km [[Namu'a Island to Lalomanu Swim]], 5.3 km [[Nu'usafe'e Island Swim]],  3.5 km [[Matautu Island Swim]] in Samoa<br/>
30. [[Flowers Sea Swim]], 1.6 km, 5 km and 10 km on [[Seven Mile Beach]] on [[Grand Cayman]] in the [[Cayman Islands]]<br/>
31. [[Freedom Swim]], 7.4 km from [[Robben Island]] to [[Big Bay]] in [[Cape Town]], South Africa<br/>
32. [[Generation Homes Sand to Surf]], 2.6 km and 1.25 km around Moturiki Island in [[Mt Maunganui]], New Zealand <br/>
33. [[Green Island Open Water Swim]], 0.8 km, 2.5 km, and 5 km in [[Guanaja, Bay Islands]], Honduras<br/>
34. [[Greek Symi Swimming Odyssey]] 7-day [[swim vacation]] on [[Symi Island]] in the Dodecanese group located near [[Rhodes]], Greece<br/>
35. [[Île du Diable]] or [[Devil's Island]], 14 km from the [[French Guiana]] coast in South America<br/>
36. [[Île d'Oléron]], 3 km to French [[mainland]]<br/>
37. [[Inisbofin Swim]], 12.8 km from [[Inishbofin]] to Connemara, County Galway, Ireland<br/>
38. [[Kapiti Island Swim]], 5.6 km between [[Kapiti Island]] and [[North Island]] in New Zealand <br/>
39. [[Lake Toba Festival - World Super Swim]] 3-day 117.6 km [[circumnavigation relay]] around [[Samosir Island]], North Sumatra, Indonesia<br/>
40. [[Linden Scott Swim Around Gasparee Island]], 5.6 km around [[Gasparee Island]], Trinidad & Tobago<br/>
41. [[Malta-Gozo-Malta Open Water Swimming Competition]], 5.5 km and 11 km in [[Malta]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] south of Sicily, Italy<br/>
42. [[Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli]], 36 km from [[Capri]] to [[Napoli]], Italy<br/>
43. [[Marnaton eDreams Formentera]], 4 km and 11 km on the island of [[Formentera]], Spain <br/>
44. [[Maui Channel Swim]], 15.9 km relay between the islands of [[Lanai]] and [[Maui]] in [[Hawaii]]<br/>
45. [[Mercer Island Marathon Swim]], 20 km around [[Mercer Island]], Washington<br/>
46. [[Moz Coral Open Water Race]], 10 km from Haapiti – Site Tiahura on [[Mo'orea]], [[Tahiti]]<br/>
47. [[Naples Island Swims]], 200m, 500m, 1 km, 1.6 km and 4.8 km in [[Long Beach]], California<br/>
48. [[Navarino Challenge]], 1.6 km in Navarino Bay at the port of Pylos in Greece's [[Ionian Sea]]<br/>
49. [[Nevis to St. Kitts Cross-Channel Swim]], 4 km from [[Nevis]] to [[St. Kitts]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]<br/>
50. [[FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series]], 10 km [[professional marathon swim]] in [[New Caledonia]]<br/>
[[Ocean Swim Fiji]], 5-day event 1 km, 3 km, 5 km, 10 km races on 5 days on Tivua Island, Natadola Beach, Malamala Beachin in the Mamunuca Islands of Fiji<br/>
51. [[Okinawa Uruma Hamahiga Open Water Swim]], 0.4 km, 0.8 km, 1.6 km and 3.2 km on [[Hamahiga Island]] in [[Okinawa]], Japan<br/>
[[Pacific Open Water Challenge]], 1 km, 3 km, 5 km, and 10 km in Saoluafata Harbour, Samoa<br/>
52. [[Pennock Island Challenge]], 13.2 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Pennock Island]] in Ketchikan, Alaska<br/>
53. [[Perhentian Island Marathon Swim]], 16 km [[circumnavigation swim]] in Pulau, [[Perhentian Besar]] in Malaysia<br/>
54. [[Quicksilver Reef Swim - Green Island]], 1.5 km and 3 km from [[Green Island]] over the [[Great Barrier Reef]] in Queensland in northeastern Australia<br/>
55. [[Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim]], 0.5 mile, 1-mile and 2.4-mile in Turks & Caicos<br/>
56. [[Rathlin Swim Challenge]], 11.3 km from [[Rathlin]] to [[Bellycastle]] in Northern Ireland <br/>
57. [[Rattlesnake Island Swim]], 3.1 km and 7 km across [[Okanagan Lake]] in Peachland, British Columbia, Canada<br/>
58. [[RCP Tiburon Mile]], 1.6 km from [[Angel Island]] to [[Tiburon]], California<br/>
59. [[Rottnest Channel Swim]], 19.7 km from Perth in Western Australia to [[Rottnest Island]]<br/>
60. [[Round Jersey]], 65.9 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around the [[Island of Jersey]] in the middle of the [[English Channel]] <br/>
61. [[Sado Channel Crossing]], 40 km prison island swim from [[Sado Island]] to Niigata Prefecture on [[Honshu]] in northern Japan <br/>
62. [[St. Croix Coral Reef Swim]], 1.6 km, 3.2 km and 8 km in St. Croix in the [[Caribbean Sea]]<br/>
63. [[Saipan Swim Club Ocean Swim]], 0.6 km, 1 km, 1.3 km, 2.5 km in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands<br/>
64. [[Sandycove Island Challenge]], 2 km around [[Sandycove Island]], Kinsale, Co Cork, Irelan7<br/>
65. [[Santa Barbara Channel]], 19.6 km between [[Anacapa Island]] and the California [[mainland]]<br/>
66. [[Santa Cruz Channel]], 30.5 km between [[Santa Cruz Island]] and Oxford on the California [[mainland]] <br/>
67. [[Santa Cruz-Anacapa Island Hopper]], 7.4 km inter-island [[channel crossing]] in the [[California Channel Islands]]<br/>
68. [[Santorini Experience]], 1.6 km on [[Santorini Island]], Greece<br/>
69. [[Sherkin Island Swim]], 2 km from [[Sherkin Island]] to the [[Cork]] [[mainland]], Ireland<br/>
70. [[Shonan Open Water Swim]], 800m, 2.5 km and 10 km from [[Zushi]] to [[Enoshima]] in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan<br/>
71. [[Singapore Open Water Swim Stars]], 1 km and 3.5 km at the Sea Sport Center in Singapore<br/>
72. [[Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union Sea Swim]], 3.2 km in, Colombo, Sri Lanka<br/>
73. [[Skellig Rock Swim]], 3.5 km around [[Skellig Michael]], Ireland<br/>
74. [[Strait of Bonifacio]], 11 km between [[Corsica]] (France) and [[Sardinia]] (Italy) in the western [[Mediterranean Sea]]<br/>
75. [[Strait of Messina]], 3.1 km between the eastern tip of [[Sicily]] and the southern tip of [[Calabria]] in southern Italy<br/>
76. [[Strel Swimming Adventures Croatian Island Hopping]], 7-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]] along Croatia´s [[Dalmatian Coast]] based on the small island of Krapanj<br/>
77. [[Swim Around Charleston]], 19.3 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around Charleston, South Carolina<br/>
78. [[Swim Around Key West]], 20.1 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Key West]], Florida<br/>
79. [[Swim Around Lido Key]], 11.2 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Lido Key]] in Sarasota, Florida<br/>
80. [[Swim for Haiti]], 1.5 km and 10 km on [[Ile des Arcadins]] in Haiti<br/>
81. [[Swim The Island]], 1.7 km, 3.5 km, 5 km in [[Isola di Bergeggi], Italy<br/>
82. [[SWIMTHEISLAND – Sirmione]], 1.8 km and 3.2 km in Sirmione, Italy<br/>
83. [[Swimming Holidays in the Canary Islands]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Canary Islands]], Spain <br/>
84. [[SwimTrek Crete Discovery]], 7-day [[swim vacation]] on Crete, Greece<br/>
85. [[SwimTrek Milos Explorer]], 7-day [[swim vacation]] on [[Milos]], Greece<br/>
86. [[SwimTrek Red Sea Liveaboard - Egypt]], 8-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Red Sea]] in Egypt<br/>
87. [[SwimTrek Galapagos Islands]], 8-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Galapagos Islands]]<br/>
88. [[SwimTrek The Maldives]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Maldives]]<br/>
89. [[SwimVacation Abacos Bahamas]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[Bahamas]]<br/>
90. [[SwimVacation British Virgin Islands]], 6-day [[swim vacation]] in the [[British Virgin Islands]]<br/>
91. [[Tahiti Swimming Experience]], 4 x 200m relay, 2 km fun race, 5 km multi-day event in [[Tahiti]]<br/> 
92. [[The Big Blue Swim Lefkada Ionian 12 Islands]], 7-day [[swim vacation]]s in [[Lefkada Island]] and other islands in the [[Ionian Sea]] the west of Greek [[mainland]]<br/>
93. [[Travesía a Nado El Río]], 2.6 km inter-island swim from the Playa de Bajo Risco in [[Lanzarote]] to the Caleta de Sebo in La Graciosa on the [[Canary Islands]]<br/>
94. [[Travesia Media Maraton de Tabarca]], 22 km in [[Tabarca]], Spain<br/>
95. [[Tsugaru Channel]] [[crossing]], 19.5 km between [[Honshu]] and [[Hokkaido]] in northern Japan<br/>
96. [[Valentia Island Circumnavigation]], 25.8 km [[circumnavigation swim]] around [[Valentia Island]] in western Ireland<br/>
97. [[Vanuatu Ocean Swim]], 1.5 km and 3.2 km in Port Vila, Iririki Island, Vanuatu<br/>
98. [[Waikiki Roughwater Swim]], 3.8 km across [[Waikiki Beach]] on [[Oahu]] in [[Hawaii]]<br/>
99. [[World Heritage Okinawa Safa-utaki Open Water Swim Race]], 500m, 1 km, 1.5 km and 3 km relay in Azama Sunsun Beach, Nanjo City, [[Okinawa]], Japan<br/>
100. [[Xiamen-Kinman Swimming]], 7.1 km from Tiamen, China to [[Kinmen]], Taiwan across the [[Taiwan Strait]]<br/>

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*[[Asia's Top 50 Open Water Swims]]
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