Rarotonga
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Chris Chuck, Ryan Leong, Rachel Randall, and Thomas Rathbun completed a 37 km clockwise circumnavigation swim around Rarotonga in the Cook Islands in 11 hours 35 minutes
Rarotonga is in the Cook Islands. Rarotonga is the largest of the Cook Islands, a nation of 15 islands in the central South Pacific. Volcanic peaks, ridges and rainforest dominate its interior. A 32 km, round-the-island road links the beaches, coastal lagoon and reefs that make scuba diving and snorkeling popular. The Cross-Island Track is a rugged hiking trail that passes 650m Te Rua Manga peak, or "The Needle."
It was named as one of the world's top 100 beaches by CNN in 2013.
Open Water Swimming
- On 3 March 1985, Meda McKenzie of New Zealand completed the first circumnavigation swim around Rarotonga in 17 hours 27 minutes.
- On 5 March 1985, Don Carlaw of Rarotonga completed the second circumnavigation swim around Rarotonga in 17 hours 15 minutes. Fellow Rarotonga swimmer Pa Teuruaa started a tandem swim with Carlaw, but was unable to complete the swim.
- On 18 September 2017, Dan Abel completed a 34 km Round the Rock Swim for Autism, a solo charity swim around Rarotonga in 11 hours 2 minute sto raise funds for Autism Cook Islands at the age of 41.
- On 24 April 2025, Chris Chuck, Ryan Leong, Rachel Randall, and Thomas Rathbun completed a 37 km clockwise circumnavigation swim around Rarotonga in the Cook Islands in 11 hours 35 minutes in a tandem swim starting and finishing from Trader Jack’s Beach.
External links
- Summer Solstice Swim Invites Swimmers to a Unique 13-hour Event on Oahu
- Swims Across Waikiki Lead To Channel Crossings In Hawai'i
- Round and Round They Swim - Circumnavigation Swims in History
- Quartet Rounds Rarotonga in the Cook Islands
- World's Top 100 Beaches
- Abel To Do A Lot Of Good, Around Rarotonga
- Fit And Able
- Around Rarotonga Island
- Swim For Autism Cook Islands
- Cook Strait Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- World Marathon Swimming Association
