Swim Pacific

On June 5, 2018, Ben became the first person to attempt to swim the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to San Francisco, California.

Expedition Logbook

[DAY 191] The Last day of The Swim

Dec 12, 2018
[DAY 185 – 190] Hawaii arrival

Dec 09, 2018
[DAY 179-184] Progressing towards Hawaii

Dec 07, 2018

Expedition Overview

In December 2018, Ben became the first person to attempt to swim the Pacific Ocean, from Japan to San Francisco, California to raise awareness about the oceans health. Ben successfully swam 1,500 NM. Unfortunately, after 165 days at sea, Ben and his team were forced to call off ‘The Swim’ due to 7 irreparable damage to the mainsail. He and his team worked with multiple marine research centers and collect for them samples and data as well as with NASAP to study the effects of prolonged exposure to the human body.