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