With the event free to the public, the beautiful Causeway Coast will be the backdrop as the world’s best cliff divers battle it out on July 19 and 20 on the fourth stop of the series. The choppy Atlantic waters of Ballycastle will prove both a danger and a delight for those competing. This stop comes at the mid-season point of the series and divers will be expected to contend with challenging conditions that will push them to their absolute limit.
Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Free to the public, tens of thousands of people will be expected in Ballycastle to witness a spectacle like no other, with the competition getting underway at 4pm on both days. A roster of 24 male and female divers will have to face down fearsome winds, before diving and twisting through the air from heights of up to 27 meters, plunging into the cold Atlantic at over 85 kmph.
In the opening rounds, dives will launch directly off the cliffs. The competitors will then wrap up the final two rounds by diving from the purpose-built platforms constructed in Ballycastle Harbour. With coastal conditions prone to throwing challenging conditions into the mix at any given time, expect the mid-season stop to serve up plenty of twists and turns and dramatic battles, as the divers fight for cliff diving supremacy.
All eyes will be on reigning champions Rhiannan Iffland (Australia) and C.