Welcome to the home of Underwater Photography!

UnderwaterPhotography.com is the longest running and most visited resource for underwater photographers on the internet.

Our ultimate goal has always been to help you and fellow underwater photographers fulfill their full potential.

The Underwater Photo Contest

Our underwater photography contest is the Worlds largest - online or off! We have more u/w photos in one place than anywhere else online!

What makes our competition special?

  • We award winners in over 15 categories thus promoting young talent.
  • We choose weekly and monthly winners so photographers don't have to wait long to get acclaimed for their work.
  • Our competition is also an incredible photo database with over 100,000 entries since 1996 that can be searched by category, location and more...
  • You can enter your photo completely for free, once you are a member, you are part of the community and that entails many benefits, for example, get tips from our experts on how to improve.
  • Our Contest gets featured year after year in so many publications (examples below)

We've seen many newbies beat the pro's in the past...

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Dmitry Vinogradov
Gold Medal Winner By Dmitry Vinogradov
Salvatore Ianniello
Gold Medal Winner By Salvatore Ianniello
Pepe Suarez
Bronze Medal Winner By Pepe Suarez
Doris Vierkötter
Silver Medal Winner By Doris Vierkötter
Stefan Follows
Bronze Medal Winner By Stefan Follows
Andre Philip
Bronze Medal Winner By Andre Philip
Isabella Maffei
Bronze Medal Winner By Isabella Maffei
Taner Atilgan
Silver Medal Winner By Taner Atilgan
Plamena Mileva
Bronze Medal Winner By Plamena Mileva
Marylin Batt
Bronze Medal Winner By Marylin Batt

Why not upload your images too? Don't be put off by the high standards, many newbies have beaten the pro's in recent years! Enter the contest now!

Latest Contest entries
collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted Yesterday
2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire.  This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest  oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away.  Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted Yesterday
eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted Yesterday
Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024
 CanonEF100 1/200 f16 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
Thuridilla hopei_October 2024
 CanonEF100 1/200 f14 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
Cirkewwa Marine Park
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted (3 days ago)

You can get featured in major publications, this happens every year since 1996 as the press appreciate the standards and authority of our competition.

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