A Day At The Museum, El Cruce In Cancún
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. El Cruce is one of the world’s most beautiful and unique marathon swims.
Held in the tropically warm and clear waters off Cancún in Mexico, El Cruce was originally started in 1980 with 30 swimmers competing on a 3 km out-and-back course off the Isla Mujeres.
But the 1990s ushered in the start of a 10 km marathon swim from Cancún to the Isla Mujeres where up to 50 swimmers swam over 400 submerged sculptures of the Cancún Museo Subacuático (Cancún Underwater Museum). But with the addition of the 10 km race in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, race director Rafael Hernández organized a sudden spurt of steady growth: from 230 in 2008 to 380 in 2009, 600 in 2010, 780 in 2011, 780 in 2012, 750 in 2013, and 750 in 2014 ages 15 to 70.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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