What's the challenge?
X-WATERS Montenegro 2025 is the round of the X-WATERS World Championship 2025.
It's not only point-to-point, it's town-to-town!
Perast to Risan (4,5k); Risan to Perast to Risan (7k).
Kotor Bay‑ is the southernmost fjord of Europe. It offers quite warm, and what is important, calm water and stunning picturesque views‑ both from the water and from the surrounding mountains. Distances of 7 and 4.5 km go between two rival islands: St. George with the Benedictine abbey, and “Gospa od Škrpjela” (Our Lady of the Rocks) - the only man-made Adriatic island.
It's not only point-to-point, it's town-to-town!
Perast to Risan (4,5k); Risan to Perast to Risan (7k).
Kotor Bay‑ is the southernmost fjord of Europe. It offers quite warm, and what is important, calm water and stunning picturesque views‑ both from the water and from the surrounding mountains. Distances of 7 and 4.5 km go between two rival islands: St. George with the Benedictine abbey, and “Gospa od Škrpjela” (Our Lady of the Rocks) - the only man-made Adriatic island.
This island was built by the inhabitants of the city of Perast as opposed to the domination of neighboring Kotor, from the shipwrecks and stones delivered by passing by vessels as a "tax". The Church of the Mother of God on the island is‑ one of the main attractions of the bay.
How to get there:
Risan
The start location
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Risan
The start location
Watch videos from previous races: X-WATERS Montenegro 2019 X-WATERS Montenegro 2021 Follow us: Instagram Facebook
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• 500 m
• X-JUNIORS 500
Participants will start and finish at Risan beach. The course is a simple loop marked by buoys, ensuring a safe and enjoyable swim. Ideal for beginners or those seeking a shorter, relaxed distance.
• 1 mile (1852 m)
Participants will start at Risan beach from the starting camp. They will move in a triangle passing buoys on the left (the buoy should appear on your right). Start and finish are in the same place.
• 4,5 k
Participants gather in the starting camp at the Risan beach. Then they will be delivered by bus to the starting point in Perast. They start from the beach. After the start, the participants will move towards the islands. They swim between the islands, turn and make a full round around Our Lady of the Rocks island and swim towards the finish. The finish is at Risan beach.
• 7 k
Participants will start at Risan beach from the starting camp. They will move towards the island of Our Lady of the Rocks, passing buoys on the left (the buoy should appear on your right). They will swim between the islands of St. George and Our Lady of the Rocks, making a complete round around the second island, and will go back passing buoys on the left (the buoy should appear on your right). Start and finish are in the same place at Risan beach.
• X-JUNIORS 500
Participants will start and finish at Risan beach. The course is a simple loop marked by buoys, ensuring a safe and enjoyable swim. Ideal for beginners or those seeking a shorter, relaxed distance.
• 1 mile (1852 m)
Participants will start at Risan beach from the starting camp. They will move in a triangle passing buoys on the left (the buoy should appear on your right). Start and finish are in the same place.
• 4,5 k
Participants gather in the starting camp at the Risan beach. Then they will be delivered by bus to the starting point in Perast. They start from the beach. After the start, the participants will move towards the islands. They swim between the islands, turn and make a full round around Our Lady of the Rocks island and swim towards the finish. The finish is at Risan beach.
• 7 k
Participants will start at Risan beach from the starting camp. They will move towards the island of Our Lady of the Rocks, passing buoys on the left (the buoy should appear on your right). They will swim between the islands of St. George and Our Lady of the Rocks, making a complete round around the second island, and will go back passing buoys on the left (the buoy should appear on your right). Start and finish are in the same place at Risan beach.
Bay of Kotor combines the incompatible: Scandinavian steepness of the southernmost fjord of Europe, warm Adriatic water, ancient, Byzantine and Venetian heritage, insane Balkan heap of cultures and languages, cheese, Vranac and fresh seafood, folk dances in bars and UNESCO monuments, as well as super convenient logistics (direct flights from Russia, no visa required).
This place has attracted people since antiquity, the first settlements here belong to the Neolithic era, and the first city appeared in 229 BC‑ just at the place of modern Risan, where we start and where we finish.
For more than two thousand years of history, the bay belonged to Illyrians and Dalmatians, Rome and Byzantium, Serbs and Bulgarians, Bosnians and Hungarians, the French empire and the Austrian crown, repelled the Ottomans and equally competed with Venice as the center of Mediterranean trade.
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Agenda
X-WATERS Montenegro 2025
Preliminary schedule:
Saturday, September 27th
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Sunday, September 28th
Pick up starter packs, start of all distances
The exact schedule will be known closer to the start. You will receive a participant's booklet 2 weeks before the event.
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