Kaiwi Channel
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The ocean is chaotic and luck favors the prepared when swimming across the Kaiwi Channel. Records belong to the swimmer. Yet channel swimming is a team sport. Steven Minaglia of Maui Nui Swim and Captain Jamie Barlow organized the all-time record breaking swims of the Kaiwi Channel IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. Records are meant to be broken.
Congratulations to Andreas Waschburger, Loren King and their teams!
Andreas Waschburger (second from left) with (left to right) Jasmin Waschburger, Rouven Pagliarini, Tate, Janis Scheuermann, Steven Munatones, Steven Minaglia, and Jamie Barlow, Molokaʻi to Oʻahu, 9:55:10 in 2024.
Organized by Maui Nui Swim/Steven Minaglia & Jamie Barlow
Loren King (second from left) with (left to right) Steven Minaglia of Maui Nui Swim, Crew Member Lynn Rodgers, Captain Jamie Barlow, and First-Mate Henry Pomroy, Oʻahu to Molokaʻi, 13:18 in 2026.
Organized by Maui Nui Swim/Steven Minaglia & Jamie Barlow
Solo Kaiwi Channel Swims Planned by Steven Minaglia of Maui Nui Swim- Completion rate 100%
Average time 14 hours 28 minutes*
Date Swimmer Departure Time Finish Time
2024 APR 12 Colby Dimsdale 3:03 AM 4:37 PM
2024 MAY 14 Petar Stoychev 3:01 AM 9:54 PM
2024 OCT 6 Andreas Waschburger 4:41 AM 2:36 PM Existing Record (to Oʻahu)
2025 APR 19 Tim Lorge 3:26 AM 6:53 PM Youngest from Hawaiʻi
2026 APR 21 Loren King 3:57 AM 5:15 PM Existing Record (to Molokaʻi)
2026 MAY 4 Norihito Yoshioka 2:50 AM 6:33 PM First swimmer from Japan
*1961-2024 all other Kaiwi Channel swim crossing average time was 16 hours 40 minutes.
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