Dukeʻs Waikiki Ocean Mile Swim
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Dukeʻs Waikiki Ocean Mile Swim

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States View on map
Aug 15, 2026 – Aug 22, 2026 (Pacific/Honolulu local time)
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About this race

This popular open-ocean race along the Waikīkī shoreline attracts hundreds of swimmers including Junior, Seniors and Olympians. The race starts and finishes in front of Dukeʻs Waikīkī restraurant at 8am. Check-in starts at 6:30am swimmers must pick-up their time chip and event shirt by 7am. 

The course is a triangular open ocean course approximately 1 mile. 

Each swimmer will receiving a ankle band with a timing chip provided by Timeline. 

Commemorative awards will be given to first place in each age group to both men and women. Dukeʻs Waikīkī gift certificates will be presented to male and female finishers in each age group, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. All swimmers will receive a 2026 Dukeʻs Waikīkī Ocean Mile Swim t-shirt along with snacks and refreshments. 

Male and female by age: 5-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18, 19-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80 and up. 

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Dukeʻs Waikīkī Ocean Mile Swim

Aug 15, 2026 1.6K 6:30 AM
$65.00
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Honolulu, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 23.5° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 29.8°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 23.5° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 34.7°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
22.4
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
70.8%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on August 15, 2026 (HST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on August 15, 2026 (HST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
12h 51m

The sun rises at 6:10 AM and sets at 7:01 PM local time (HST) in Honolulu on August 15, 2026 — 12h 51m of daylight.

Course

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2026 results — Dukeʻs Waikiki Ocean Mile Swim

Dukeʻs Waikīkī Ocean Mile Swim · 291 finishers

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Leading finishers of the 2026 Dukeʻs Waikiki Ocean Mile Swim
Place Name Time Pace
1 Zane Imonen 19:18 19:18 /mi
2 Cheveyo Rodriguez 19:27 19:27 /mi
3 Jinu Kim 19:29 19:29 /mi
4 Porter O’Neill 19:29 19:29 /mi
5 Dan Worden 19:36 19:36 /mi

Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 31 Honolulu events

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