Cabrillo Beach
From Openwaterpedia
Cabrillo Beach is a beach located in San Pedro, Los Angeles California named after Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail up the California coast. Cabrillo Beach is located next to the Los Angeles Harbor and is 20+ miles from Catalina Island.
Open Water Swimming
- Cabrillo Beach is a popular destination for windsurfers, kayakers, and scuba divers as well as open water swimmers due to its location near the finish of Catalina Island channel crossings.
- Local ocean swimmers include the Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears.
- Cabrillo Beach was the site of the finish of the USA Long Distance International Championships in 1984.
- Cabrillo Beach was the site of the finish of the 1927 Wrigley Ocean Marathon, an open water swimming competition across the Catalina Channel from Catalina Island to the California mainland.
AltaSea
AltaSea is a research facility located at the Port of Los Angeles. AltaSea accelerates scientific collaboration, facilitates job creation and inspires the next generation for a more sustainable ocean. Built on a historic pier with access to the deep ocean, AltaSea’s 35-acre campus brings people together to expand science-based understanding of the ocean; incubate and sustain ocean-related business; and pioneer new ocean-related education programs.
External links
- Ryland Sutton and His Trusty Work Vessel
- Steve & Ryland Sutton Around Palos Verdes Peninsula
- Steve Sutton and Steven Munatones Pioneer Palos Verdes Peninsula Swim
- Taking KAATSU To The Extreme - WOWSA
- Taking KAATSU To The Extreme - KAATSU blog
- Jen Schumacher Talks Swim 22 Across The Catalina Channel On WOWSA Live
- On Course - Eventually - To The Olympic Marathon Swim
- 1982 Windermere International Championships
- Sea Otter Resurgence Along The California Coast
- The Kings And Queens Of Cabrillo Beach
- Catalina Channel Swimming Back In The Day
- Carlos Costa Crosses Catalina To Cabrillo
- AltaSea, Where Ocean Innovators Work Together
- Rohan More Honored By The Hall Of Fame
- Teaching Teachers About The Ocean At AltaSea
- Able-Bodied In The Open Water
- 68th Cabrillo Beach Polar Bear Plunge
- Back In The Day
- Cabrillo Beach Polar Bears
