The course of the Espiritu Santo Aore Swim crosses Segond Channel. It runs from Unity Park in Luganville to Aore Resort. It's 2.6 km in a straight line.

Segond Channel, located between the southern coast of Espiritu Santo and the north shore of Aore island, varies in width from 3.5 km at it’s widest to just under 1 km at its narrowest at the western end

It can be a daunting swim with the channel unpredictable, on occasions, south easterlies and strong tidal currents sometimes blowing up rough, choppy conditions.

On other occasions, it’s seemingly lake-like, calm, but not still, the ever present currents changing direction with the tidal flow through the channel.

The white line shows the direct route from the Unity Park Start to the Finish at Aore Resort Beach.