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Cliff Diving

Cliff diving is jumping from natural or artificial heights into deep water. Site clearance, water depth, entry line, rescue plan, body control and, in events, technical dive scoring are decisive.

LevelVariant FamilyAquatics Family CategoryWater sport / diving

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Classification

Category Water sport / diving

Family Aquatics Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Jumping from height into deep water with strong safety and technique focus.

Geeignet für Suitable only for very confident swimmers with coaching, height respect and risk awareness.

Cost Spectating or supervised technique training is sensible; unsupervised cliff jumps are not a good entry. Coach, approved site, travel/entry, safety and rescue organisation. Diving club, high-diving/cliff-diving workshop or supervised event. No height without water check, rescue and experienced supervision.

First progress Safe simple jumps need training; high and rotational dives are long-term progression.

Fitness level high

Was du brauchst

approved deep-water site
spotter/rescue
coach
weather/water check
safe entry line

First steps

learn diving technique in a pool first
use approved low heights
check the site with experts
jump only supervised

Diving club, high-diving coach, licensed workshop or official cliff-diving event.

Never alone, never into unknown water, never without rescue access, weather check and clear abort rule.

Weitere Angaben

Tags individual, water, klippenspringen, water-sport, cliff-diving, aquatics-familie, wassersport-sprungsport, water-sport-diving

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Jump from a safety-cleared height under control and, in events, produce a technically valid dive.

Teilnehmer

One diver per jump, rescue/spotters at the site.

Teamgröße

Individual.

Spielfeld

Cliff/platform with deep-water zone and safety perimeter.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Difficulty, execution, line and water entry by event.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

approved site
rescue/spotter
coach
deep-water zone

Wichtige Regelpunkte

unsafe site
forbidden height
jump outside zone
ignoring abort signal

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series FAQ Red Bull · event-guide · medium
The Complete Cliff Diving Training Guide Cliff Diving Blog · blog-guide · medium
Comparing Cliff Diving & Platform Diving SwimOutlet · guide · medium