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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Iyad Suleyman
Silver Medal Winner By Iyad Suleyman
Spencer Burrows
Bronze Medal Winner By Spencer Burrows
Steven Miller
Silver Medal Winner By Steven Miller
Uwe Schmolke
Bronze Medal Winner By Uwe Schmolke
Uwe Schmolke
Silver Medal Winner By Uwe Schmolke
Masa Biru
Bronze Medal Winner By Masa Biru
Steven Miller
Gold Medal Winner By Steven Miller
Wolfgang Zwicknagl
Silver Medal Winner By Wolfgang Zwicknagl
Nadya Kulagina
Silver Medal Winner By Nadya Kulagina
Mathieu Foulquié
Silver Medal Winner By Mathieu Foulquié

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
Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted Yesterday
Elysia timida_June 2025
 Canon RF100  1/200 f16 iso125
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
Hypselodoris bullockii_January 2025
 CanonEF100 1/200 f14 iso200
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
Mediterranean Flabellina_May 2025
 CanonRF100 1/200 f16 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
Normally quite skittish  this pod actively hung out with us in the water... maybe we were invited as lunch.  taken under permit
By Arun Madisetti
posted (last week)
False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens taken under permit .
By Arun Madisetti
posted (last week)

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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