Around Coronado Island swims

The swim around Coronado is a near-circumnavigation of Coronado Island near San Diego, California. The established standard route is 18.6 km (11.55 miles) between Glorietta Bay Beach (inside San Diego Bay) and Gator Beach (facing the Pacific Ocean), via the end of Zuniga Jetty. The route can be swum in either direction, but is typically done counter-clockwise (bay to ocean). This is the original route used in the Coronado Around-the-Island Swim race, held annually from 1992-1996.

A few swimmers have done slight variations on the standard route - turning at Zuniga Point rather than going around the jetty; or starting/finishing at the Hotel Del Coronado instead of Gator Beach (see "Other Routes" below). Variant routes are not eligible for course records.

For information about organizing a solo swim around Coronado, see Open Water Swim Academy.

Course Records

These records reflect the consolidated results of the five years of the Around-the-Island swim (1992-96) and the solo swims of the same route documented since 2016. It is unknown who was the first to swim around Coronado Island, or if anyone did before the first race was held in 1992. If you have information about historical around-Coronado swims, please contact us.

Around Coronado Island route

One-Way

Date Name Gender Age Nation Route Km Time
2018 Dec 16 Cindy Werhane Female 49 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:19:25
2020 Jan 30 Amber Baker Female 35 Gator Beach to Glorietta Bay Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 07:20:48
2020 Jan 30 Michella Thomas Female Gator Beach to Glorietta Bay Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 07:20:48
2020 Sep 16 Linda Simons Female 54 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:32:30
2020 Sep 26 Alice Ma Female 48 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 08:20:02
2020 Sep 28 Jeffrey Rake Male Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:11:07
2020 Sep 30 Susie Bender Paul Female 47-48 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:52:01
2020 Oct 15 Carly Miller Female 42 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:54:45
2020 Oct 26 Edie Markovich Female 15 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:58:30
2020 Nov 14 Erika Shanahan Gliebe Female 48 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:42:30
2020 Nov 27 Ajae Clearway Female 48-49 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:54:33
2020 Nov 29 Tracy Knight Female 48 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:52:10
2020 Nov 29 Steve Gruenwald Male 59 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:52:10
2020 Dec 13 James Savage Male 14 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:23:14
2020 Dec 16 Natalia Chuich Female 54 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:04:30
2021 Jan 14 Abigail Fairman Female 43 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:31:15
2021 Mar 28 Shannon House Keegan Female 46 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:55:20
2021 Apr 7 Tricia Elmer Female 60 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:47:55
2021 Apr 7 Scott Lautman Male 68 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:47:55
2021 Apr 9 Sidney Russell Female 32-33 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:34:28
2021 May 21 Steve Sutton Male 54 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:03:30
2021 Jun 1 Joe Cole Male Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:16:40
2021 Jun 3 Heidi Skrzypek Female Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 06:47:53
2021 Jun 3 MarySue Balazic Female Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 07:05:01
2021 Jun 5 Summer Wesson Female Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 07:06:15
2021 Jun 7 Juliet Kadlecek Female 51 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:10:50
2021 Jun 16 Rose Filer Female 27 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 06:38:20
2021 Jun 18 Claire Gorder Female Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:11:45
2021 Jun 20 Lauren Grous Female 37 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:00:20
2021 Jun 30 Sabrina Houston Female Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:10:01
2021 Jul 12 Andrew Hewitt Male 58 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:53:20
2021 Jul 12 Melissa Bartow Female Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:53:20
2021 Jul 25 Jennifer Conklin Female Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 03:44:55
2021 Jul 27 Ross Simmons Male 57 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:50:10
2021 Aug 14 Kirk Phipps Male Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 07:10:45
2021 Aug 22 Belinda Little Female 54 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 06:23:25
2021 Aug 26 Thomas Schwartz Male 61 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:26:20
2021 Sep 5 Hassan Ghozlan Male Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:54:40
2021 Sep 7 Mary Singer Female 45-46 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:16:50
2021 Oct 9 Kris Berglund Female 63 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 06:06:05
2021 Oct 16 Stephanie Saisi Female Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:13:50
2021 Oct 18 Jax Tatro Female 45 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:31:30
2021 Nov 1 Anaya Khanzode Female 16-17 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:26:00
2021 Nov 3 Michelle Squyer Female 53 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:36:10
2021 Nov 16 Karina Garcia Female 35 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:36:10
2021 Nov 18 Camilla Shaffer Female Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 06:05:30
2022 Mar 23 Eric Durban Male 66 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:59:11
2022 Mar 23 Lars Durban Male 66 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:59:11
2022 Jun 21 Dana Price Female 50 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:45:45
2022 Jun 21 Dana Price Female 50 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:45:45
2022 Jul 17 Kelley Schall Female 33 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:05:50
2022 Jul 18 Rose Filer Female 28 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 06:38:20
2022 Jul 31 Jacquelyn Braggin Female 35 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:17:07
2022 Sep 12 Stacey Warmuth Female 65 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:27:15
2022 Oct 6 Isabella Johnson Female 25 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:55:45
2022 Oct 8 Becky Smith Female 48 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 06:04:40
2022 Oct 10 Cathy Harrington Female 65 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 06:30:00
2022 Oct 12 Erin O'Regan Female 65 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 06:36:50
2022 Oct 24 Ashleigh Gilroy Female 28 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:14:00
2022 Oct 26 Mike Peters Male 28 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:34:25
2022 Oct 28 Paul Valitutto Male 51 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:02:03
2022 Nov 4 Madeline Gibson Female 25 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 05:30:10
2022 Nov 7 Suzanne Heim Bowen Female 64 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.6 04:26:58

Two-Way

Date Name Gender Age Nation Route Km Time
2021 Dec 1 Abigail Fairman Female 44 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach to Glorietta Bay Beach 37.2 10:41:10
2022 Jul 14 Abigail Bergman Female 26 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach to Glorietta Bay Beach 37.2 09:42:49

Other Routes

Date Name Gender Age Nation Route Km Time
2016 Apr 16 Scott Zornig Male 56 Glorietta Bay Beach to Hotel Del Coronado via Zuniga Jetty 18.3 04:31:59
2016 Dec 7 Tiffany McQueen Female 44 Glorietta Bay Beach to Gator Beach via Zuniga Pt 17.7 07:30:00
2020 Sep 6 Kathleen Wilson Female 57 Glorietta Bay Beach to Coronado Shores Beach via Zuniga Jetty 18.4 05:12:00
2020 Oct 31 Audrey Viers Female 36-37 Glorietta Bay Beach to Hotel Del Coronado via Zuniga Jetty 18.3 04:56:53

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