Paddling Exploits & Adventures

24 hr Flatwater Paddling

Take these figures and what is reported by Guiness with a grain of salt. There seem to be reporting variations in distances achieved and there are often significant delays with Guiness certifying new records.

• 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.
  • 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)
  • 2 person canoe
    • ​​​​​​​ Current Guinness Record

24 hr Flowing Water

• Male
  • ​​​​​​​Kayak/Canoe
    • Current Guiness Record
      • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Carter Johnson 2011 449.04 km (279.02 mi) Yukon River
• Female
  • ​​​​​​​Kayak/Canoe
    • Current Guiness 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!!)