Monterey Bay swims
Monterey Bay is 25-mile wide bay along the central coast of California. Cindy Cleveland was the first to swim the width (mouth) between Santa Cruz and the Monterey Peninsula, in 1980. 34 years later, Patti Bauernfeind and Kim Rutherford completed the second and third swims (both documented and ratified through MSF Documented Swims. Rutherford was the first to swim in the south-to-north direction.
Since 2015, the recognized sanction association for Monterey Bay swims is the Monterey Bay Swimming Association. According to MBSA, 12 swimmers have made 18 attempts of the solo, unassisted width crossing, only six of which were successful.
Full Width
Date | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Route | Km | Time |
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1980 Sep 17 | Cindy Cleveland | 25 | Santa Cruz to Pacific Grove | 37.3 | 15:21:18 | ||
2014 Aug 26 | Patti Bauernfeind | 47 | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 13:00:00 | ||
2014 Sep 6 | Kimberly Rutherford | 55 | Monterey to Santa Cruz | 40.3 | 22:06:00 | ||
2017 Sep 23 | Amy Appelhans Gubser | 49 | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 17:49:05 | ||
2019 Jun 5 | John Zemaitis | 36 | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 17:32:51 | ||
2020 Sep 22 | Catherine Breed | 27 | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 12:42:14 | ||
2020 Oct 5 | Joe Zemaitis | 40 | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 13:29:55 | ||
2021 Jul 9 | Sarah Roberts | 37 | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 16:17:42 | ||
2021 Aug 30 | Brad Schindler | 48 | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 15:17:22 | ||
2021 Sep 21 | Sarah Thomas | 39 | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 15:39:42 | ||
2022 Oct 3 | John Curley | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 14:52:55 | |||
2023 Sep 6 | Jessi Harewicz | 40 | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 24:56:10 | ||
2023 Sep 7 | Andrew Packer | 28 | Santa Cruz to Monterey | 40.3 | 14:07:38 |
Coastal
Date | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Route | Km | Time |
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2016 Sep 29 | Angel More | 13 | Capitola Beach - P2PT1 - SC3 - Cowell Beach + return | 20 | 08:19:00 | ||
2017 Jun 17 | Scott Tapley | 53 | Capitola Jetty - SC3 - Santa Cruz Wharf - Mile Buoy - SC3 - Capitola | 18.4 | 07:04:00 | ||
2021 Apr 23 | Sarah Roberts | 37 | Capitola Beach - SC3 - Mile Buoy - Cowell Beach + return | 20 | 07:05:15 | ||
2021 Jun 12 | Alice Ma | 48 | Cowell Beach - Mile Buoy - SC3 - Capitola Beach | 10 | 05:20:55 | ||
2021 Jun 18 | Brad Schindler | 48 | Cowell Beach - Mile Buoy - SC3 - Capitola Beach + return | 20 | 06:56:53 | ||
2021 Jul 6 | Marissa Lovos | Capitola Beach - SC3 - Mile Buoy - Cowell Beach + return | 20 | 06:40:42 | |||
2021 Jul 31 | Kim Hedges | 43 | Capitola Beach - SC3 - Mile Buoy - Cowell Beach + return | 20 | 08:00:13 | ||
2021 Aug 13 | Joseph Locke | 52 | Capitola Beach - SC3 - Mile Buoy - Cowell Beach + return | 20 | 05:27:51 | ||
2021 Aug 23 | Kim Hedges | 43 | Capitola Beach - SC3 - Waverider Buoy - Natural Bridges Beach + Return | 25 | 10:28:15 | ||
2021 Aug 25 | LeAnn Copriviza | Cowell Beach - Mile Buoy - SC3 - Capitola Beach | 10 | 03:07:25 |