Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series, established in 2009 and created by Red Bull, is an annual international series of cliff diving events in which a limited number of competitors determine the Cliff Diving World Series winner.
Divers jump from a platform at a height ranging from 26–28 m. Competitions are held in a limited number of venues around the globe.
Tour ranking
Every athlete scores a number of points in every competition as distributed here:Points system from 2012
In 2012 the Series introduced a new point system that was continued to be used also during the 2013 season.| Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Points | 200 | 160 | 130 | 110 | 90 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
Cliff Diving World Series champion is the athlete who scored the highest cumulated number of points in all competitions during the season.
The top 6 divers in the overall ranking at the end of the season will pre-qualify automatically for the next season.
Previous winners
Men
Women
Tour events
| History of Tour events | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 20142 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 20203 |
 Hawkesbury River, Cattai | Feb 4 | Jan 31 – Feb 2 | ||||||||||
| Sydney Harbour, Sydney | ||||||||||||
 Stari Most, Mostar | Aug 15 | Sep 24 | Sep 16 | Sep 8 | Aug 24 | |||||||
 Icaraí, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro | Sep 28 | Oct 20 | ||||||||||
 Rapa Nui | Mar 12 | |||||||||||
| Lago Ranco | Oct 21 | |||||||||||
 Cali | Feb 6–7 | |||||||||||
| Cartagena Convention Centre | Apr 25 | |||||||||||
 Lovrijenac, Dubrovnik | July 11 | |||||||||||
 Havana, Morro Castle | May 10 | |||||||||||
 Copenhagen Opera House, Copenhagen | June 22 | June 20 | June 18 | Aug 25 | ||||||||
 Bonifacio, Corsica | June 23 | |||||||||||
| Tour Saint-Nicolas, La Rochelle | May 19 | May 15 | June 18 | May 25 | May 17 | July 23 | ||||||
 Rickmer Rickmers, Hamburg | Aug 29 | |||||||||||
 Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire, Wales | Sep 8 | Sep 14 | Sep 11 | |||||||||
 Lake Vouliagmeni, Athens | Sep 20 | May 22 | ||||||||||
 Nusa Penida, Bali | ||||||||||||
 Millennium Tower, Dublin | May 12 | |||||||||||
| Serpent's Lair, Inis Mor | Aug 4 | June 29 | June 24 | |||||||||
 Castello Scaligero, Malcesine | July 24 | July 14 | ||||||||||
| Pietro L'Abbate's Terrace, Polignano a Mare | July 26 | Aug 8 | Sep 13 | Aug 28 | Jul 23 | Sep 23 | June 2 | |||||
 Yoshino-Kumano National Park, Shirahama | Oct 16 | |||||||||||
 Raouché, Beirut | July 14 | |||||||||||
 Ik Kil, Yucatan | June 6 | Apr 10 | ||||||||||
 Leuvehaven, Rotterdam | May 21 | |||||||||||
 Grimstad | July 7 | |||||||||||
| Øya, Kragerø | July 24 | July 12 | ||||||||||
| Oslo Opera House, Oslo | ||||||||||||
 Wadi Shab | Sep 28 | |||||||||||
 Miniloc Island, El Nido, Palawan | Apr 13 | |||||||||||
 São Miguel, Vila Franca do Campo, Azores | Sep 12 | July 21 | June 29 | July 18 | July 9 | July 9 | July 14 | June 22 | ||||
 La Salve Bridge, Bilbao | Sep 20 | Sep 26 | June 30 | Sep 14 | ||||||||
 Sisikon | Sep 5 | Aug 28 | Aug 5 | |||||||||
 Krabi Province | Oct 261 | |||||||||||
 Atatürk Park, Antalya | Aug 8 | |||||||||||
 Swallow's Nest, Yalta | Sep 4 | Aug 30 | ||||||||||
 Signature Towers, Dubai | Oct 28 | |||||||||||
 ICA, Boston, Massachusetts | Aug 20 | Aug 25 | Aug 24 | |||||||||
| Possum Kingdom Lake, Fort Worth, Texas | June 7 | May 30 | June 4 | Sep 3 | June 2 | |||||||
| Hilo, Hawaii | Sep 12 |
1 Divers jumped at 4 different sites: Wang Long Bay,, Maya Bay,, Viking Cave, Lading Bay
2 No qualification stop was held in 2014; up to four wildcards joined 10 permanent divers at each stop.
3 Series cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Qualification event |
| Men's World Series and Women's Invitational event |
| Men's and Women's World Series event |
Competition rules
- Men perform 4 dives from a height ranging from 26–28m. There are a total of nine groups.
- The two required dives must be performed from different take-off positions. There are 5 take-off positions. The degree of difficulty for each required dive is 3.6. To clarify: front double half twist and front double 1½ twist are different groups, but the same take-off position. If a dive has less degree of difficulty, it will still be 3.6.
- The two optional dives must be from different groups from the 9 groups mentioned above. In addition, the optional dives must be done in alternating order every competition.
- A list of dives for each diver shall consist of two required dives of a fixed degree of difficulty for every athlete, and two optional dives assigned a degree of difficulty computed from the 2010 HDA table.
- The first required dive will be done after a short warm-up on the second training day. This is already part of the competition and will count 100 percent towards the total score. After this first round of dives, training can resume. The next day will have a short warm-up period followed by 2 dives in head-to-head format.
- The final dive will be done by the top 8 divers in reverse order according to their cumulative score from the first 3 dives.
- Balks will receive a 2-point deduction from each judge for the first balk. Another 2-point deduction for the second balk and be considered a failed dive on the third balk. A balk is considered an interruption in movement after the diver does his press immediately before the dive. For armstand dives it is the point when both feet leave the platform.
- Running take-offs on forward dive groups are allowed, given there is enough space for the approach.
- If the diver enters the water with his hands up on a feet-first entry, he can only get a maximum score of 5 points from each judge. The 5 points would mean a perfect execution of the entire dive with the exception of the arms. If arms are at or below shoulder height but not in alignment with the body, judges can deduct between ½ to 2 points at their discretion according to the degree of the mistake.
- A break in position at or just before entry can have a deduction of ½ to 2 points at the judges' discretion. An intermediate break of position can receive no more than 4.5 points from each judge. If a dive is done in a completely different position than announced: for example back triple tuck instead of back triple pike, the dive can only receive a maximum of 2 points.
- All dives submitted in a list must consist of at least 180 degrees of rotation around a horizontal axis.
Scoring
- Five judges score each dive based on a scale of 0 to 10 in half-point increments.
- Each judge scores the dives without assistance.
- The highest and the lowest judges’ scores will be discarded. The remaining three scores are added and multiplied by the degree of difficulty for that dive.
- This will produce the total score for each dive. The total score of all dives performed are added together to produce the overall total for the competition for each diver.
- Balks will constitute a deduction from each judge's score as directed by the Head Judge. The dive will be scored as usual and the announcer will deduct two points from each judge's score.