Orlando Duque is cliff diving royalty: 13 world titles, the first-ever overall Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series champion, and today the Series' sports director. He's also been on our boats in Kotor Bay, positioned in the water while a dive happened above him.
Here's the part worth getting right: the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series itself doesn't stop in Kotor. The 2026 calendar's Balkan leg was Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 31 July and 1 August — a different city, a different fixture, a genuine World Series event with a long-running Mostar connection of its own. Kotor's role was different, and just as real: our boats were the water support for cliff diving action here, with Duque himself on deck.
Duque, the Series, and Kotor — At a Glance
Where the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series actually happens
If you're searching for where to watch the Series live in this part of the world, Mostar is the answer, not Kotor. The Series has returned to Mostar's Stari Most bridge year after year, and 2026 was no exception — divers went off the bridge on 31 July and 1 August, with Duque's own history at the event (he's dived there himself in past years) part of what makes the Mostar stop one of the Series' signature fixtures.
Kotor never hosted a Series stop, and we're not claiming it did. What Kotor got was something else: our boats on the water, positioned and ready, while cliff diving happened here separately from the Series calendar — with the Series' own sports director taking part.
Orlando Duque on our decks
The image above is exactly what it looks like: a diver mid-jump from a Kotor Bay cliff, with two of our boats holding position in the water directly below, ready for the landing and the pickup. That's water support work — the unglamorous, entirely necessary job of having safe, positioned boats under a dive — and it's the job our captains did with Duque on board.
It's a small, specific thing to be part of, and we'd rather describe it accurately than inflate it into something it wasn't. Kotor supported cliff diving on the water. Mostar is where the World Series actually competes. Both are true, and only one of them belongs on our boats' story.
Charter the boats used for event support
The same Don Amon-class charter fleet used for water support in Kotor — private hire, up to 14 guests, dedicated captain.
The same crew, on your day
Whether it's positioning under a cliff dive or running a private Bay of Kotor tour, it's the same captains and the same boats. Book a private charter with us and you get the standard the event work was held to — not a different, lesser version of it.
Captain's Tip
We covered another big name from the same season on our decks: UFC and Olympic champion Henry Cejudo. Read that story if you want the full picture of who's been on board this year.
Read the full story of Henry Cejudo's Kotor MMA seminar week and the boat day that came with it.
Book a full private day on the bay
6 hours, your own boat and captain, the full Bay of Kotor — the same standard our fleet held for cliff diving support.
