24 Hour Distance Paddled Records

Paddling Exploits & Adventures

24 hr Flatwater Paddling

Take these figures and what is reported by Guinness with a grain of salt. There seem to be reporting variations in distances achieved and there are often significant delays with Guinness certifying new records. Also the search function on the Guinness website is pitiful.

• Male
  • Canoe/Kayak/Surfski
    • Current Guinness World Record
      • 251.71 km (156.41 miles) - as of mid 2022 it was paddled in 2019 by Sebastian Szubski (Poland) in Ocwieka, Poland
    • Brandon Nelson's 2013 Record 151.87 miles
  • SUP
    • Current Guinness World Record
      • 193.8 km (120.42 mi) Bart de Zwart (Netherlands) on Lake Biel in Erlach, Switzerland on 30 May 2017.
      • Robert Norman had paddled 112 miles earlier in the same year - 2017
  • 2 person canoe
    • ​​​​​​ ​Current Guinness Record
• Female
  • Canoe/Kayak/Surfski
    • Current Guinness World Record
      • Anjeanine Lees 201.2 km (125 miles) 2014
  • SUP
    • Current Guinness World Record
      • Seychelle Hattingh 177.79 km (110.47 miles) 2015
  • 2 person canoe
    • Current Guinness Record

24 hr Flowing Water

• Male
  • Kayak/Canoe
    • Current Guinness Record
      • Carter Johnson 2011 449.04 km (279.02 mi) Yukon River
• Female
  • Kayak/Canoe
    • Current Guinness Record
      • ​​​​​​​Robyn Benincasa 2011 371.92 km (231.1 miles) Yukon River

24 hr Ocean Paddling

• Male
  • Current Guinness World Record
    • Solo
      • ​​​​​​​227.26 km (141.2 miles; 122.7 nautical miles) as of mid 2022 Quinton Rutherford (South Africa) in the Kwazulu-Natal north coast, South Africa, on 13 November 2020 video
      • Previous Record - Tim Taylor New Zealand 214km 2015 (Tim's Report on Record Paddle)
    • Double
      • 229 km Quinton Rutherford & Brett Hadiaris South Africa 2022
• Female
  • ​​​​​​​Solo
    • ​​​​​​​213 km (132.35 miles; 115 nautical miles) 2022 Bonnie Hancock (after her Australia circumnavigation because she had some time on her hands!!)