Santa Rosa Island
Santa Rosa Island is part of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. It is 27.5 miles (23.9 nm or 44.2 km) from Santa Rosa Island to Coal Oil Point in Goleta on the California mainland. A swim across this channel has been conquered only once, by Marc Lewis in 2008 (15 hours 46 minutes). A 3.5-mile channel swim between Santa Rosa Island and San Miguel Island has been conquered once by Julian Rusinek in 2013 in 2 hours 25 minutes.
The Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association (SBCSA) supports and sanctions open water swims in this channel and the other 7 of the 8 Channel Islands.
Julian Rusinek Scholarship
The Julian Rusinek Scholarship, funded by American open water swimmer Julian Rusinek, helps underwrite the costs of channel swim attempts by deserving American marathon swimmers across and between the San Miguel Island, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz Island, Anacapa Island, San Nicolas Island, Santa Barbara Island, and San Clemente Island.
Channel Swim
The shortest channel crossing of the Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association (Santa Rosa Channel or San Miguel Channel) is a 3.5-mile (5.8 km) roughwater swim between Santa Rosa Island and San Miguel Island, first pioneered by Julian Rusinek in 2013 in 2 hours 25 minutes.
Videos
External links
- Dr. Caroline Block Honored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Swim From The Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Santa Rosa Island
- Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association
- The First Attempt From San Miguel To Santa Rosa
- The Crossing By Lewis And Lewis
- The Night Before And The Wind Is Howling
- Julian Rusinek Finishes 2-Year Journey Between 2 Islands
- Generosity From Julian, Swimming In Santa Barbara
- A Big Swim Through A Marine Sanctuary
- Remembering The Big Swim In Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara Channel 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
- Mini Channel Swimming Around The World
- High Seas Adventures Of Dan Simonelli
- Simonelli Succeeds In Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara Channel Swimming Association
- Swimmers Honored By Santa Barbara Channel Swimming
- The Legacy Of Emilio Casanueva
- The New York Doctor Becomes A California Queen
