SWM 19.7km solo

Rottnest Channel Swim

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Date
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Location
Rottnest Island, WA
Distances
19.7km solo, duo and teams
Organiser
rottnestchannelswim.com.au

About this event

The Rottnest Channel Swim is an ocean swim between Cottesloe Beach and Rottnest Island, internationally known for attracting some of the world's best open water swimmers.

Highly regarded worldwide and one of Western Australia’s iconic events, the Rottnest Channel Swim is a 19.7km open water swim from Cottesloe Beach to Rottnest Island.

The Rottnest swim accepts solo swimmers, duo pairings or teams, accompanied by paddlers, boats and support crew. The fastest solo swimmers have been Mark Saliba in 2000 (4:00:15) and Tamara Bruce in 1993 (4:10:03).

Distances

19.7km solo
Race distance
duo
Race distance
teams
Race distance

Past results

Official top-10 finishers from previous editions. Select a result set to view the leaderboard.

MenTOP 10 · TIME
1 Max Coten 04:02:15
2 Alessio Occhipinti 04:08:56
3 Byron Kimber 04:12:19
WomenTOP 10 · TIME
1 Bianca Monaco 04:18:57
2 Bianca Crisp 04:25:46
3 Katelyne Irwin 04:25:53

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Results provided by the event organiser · full field on the official site.