Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island (or the Rock) sits in the middle of the San Francisco Bay in northern California, United States of America.
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Open Water Swimming
Alcatraz Island swims are bay swims to, from and around Alcatraz Island that are popular solo and competitive open water swims. A 1.25-mile (2 km) bay swim between Alcatraz Island and Aquatic Park is one of the swims of the Triple Break or Triple Crown of Prison Island Swims together with Robben Island in South Africa and Spike Island in Ireland. It is annually named as one of the World's Top 100 Island Swims by the World Open Water Swimming Association,
Example of Alcatraz Island Swim
• Location: San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A.
• Course: From Aquatic Park near Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back
• Distance: 3.25 miles (5.2 km)
• Date of Annual Race: July
• Description: Swim Around the Rock requires extensive open water experience due to the cold water (under 60°F or 15.5°C), changing tides and fast currents, but spectacular view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf and the San Francisco downtown skyline will delight the swimmers throughout the event.
10 Escapes Video
Courtesy of Jacques Tuset and Team Aquadeus
External Links
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- Anything That Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong
- Boguslaw Ogrodnik Is Extreme Many Times Over
- Bob McCormack Shares The Jim Doty Story On WOWSA Live
- Bob McCormack: Author, Historian, Ocean Swimmer
- The Magic of Three: Triple Crown Swims
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- Open Water Swimming 365 Days Of 2020
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- Gary Workman Lives Up To His Name
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- Jacques Tuset Makes Another Escape From Prison
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- Triple Break - Global List Of Prison Island Swims
- Jeff Everett Wondering What Comes Next
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- Triple Break Grows To Worldwide Prison Island Swims
- Coghlan Beach History by Sally Coghlan McDonald
- Frank Coghlan Left A Legacy
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- Making The Jump Into The Open Water
- Mina Rhoden Forging An Open Water Path
- Gentlemen's Agreement Across Alcatraz
- Lorie Hirson Envisions A Bright Future
- Martin Cullen, Helping Others, Growing The Sport In Ireland
- Jacques Tuset Makes An Escape In The Ice
- Paige Turns a Page In Her Young Career
- Jacques Tuset Honored By The Hall Of Fame
- Anything That Can Go Wrong Will Go Wrong
- The Vision Of Double Dip Frank
- Gentlemen's Agreement Across Alcatraz
- Gary Emich's Plan Freely Giving Back
- Gary Emich Logged Among Heroes
- Jacques Tuset, The World's Greatest Escape Artist
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- Since Jacques Tuset's Last Escapes Around The World
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- Culminating With An Alcatraz Island Crossing
- World's Top 100 Island Swims For 2019
- Kevin Williams Escapes Again And Again And Again
- Eoin O’Riordan Completes His Millennium Swim Around Sandycove Island
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- 25 Years Later, 15 Seconds Short
- Alex Kostich Wins Swim Around The Rock
