You’re Not The Only One In The Catalina Channel
With the Cook Strait banner season over, the Strait of Gibraltar getting off to a fast start in its channel crossing season and a few successful relays swims already achieved in the English Channel in June and hundreds more swimmers making plans, the Catalina Channel season will kick-off with a young relay team from the Mission Viejo Nadadores. Like cargo ships and ferries crowding the English Channel, swimmers in the Catalina Channel may have to navigate their way around the largest animals on the planet, the migrating blue whales.
The blue whales, California gray whales and fin whales have arrived in the channel. With hundreds of whales spotted each year in the Catalina Channel, the solitary swimmers and their escort crews are often treated to views rarely seen up close by other humans.
But do not draft too close.
Copyright © 2010 by Steven Munatones
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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