Chloë McCardel (born 10 May 1985) is an open water swimmer and swim coach from Melbourne, Australia.
[7][8] As of 2021, she holds the world record for the longest unassisted ocean swim, at 124.4 km.
On 22 October 2014 McCardel completed an unprecedented swim from South Eleuthera Island to Nassau, Bahamas.
McCardel had a 32-person support team that included weather experts and doctors that accompanied her throughout her trip, which was to last about 55–65 hours.
After 11 hours, McCardel stopped her record swim attempt after she was severely stung by multiple box jellyfish and was in too much pain to continue.
Geelong were part of the "Channel Conquerors" program which also featured two school age Relay teams from The Arch Academy (San Diego, USA) – coached by Dan Simonelli.