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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Doris Vierkötter
Gold Medal Winner By Doris Vierkötter
Mark Gray
Bronze Medal Winner By Mark Gray
Uwe Schmolke
Gold Medal Winner By Uwe Schmolke
Filip Staes
Silver Medal Winner By Filip Staes
Valda Fraser
Bronze Medal Winner By Valda Fraser
Jérome Mirande
Silver Medal Winner By Jérome Mirande
Dmitry Vinogradov
Gold Medal Winner By Dmitry Vinogradov
Doris Vierkötter
Gold Medal Winner By Doris Vierkötter
Tom Radio
Gold Medal Winner By Tom Radio
Lucie Drlikova
Silver Medal Winner By Lucie Drlikova

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
Hypselodoris infucata nudibranch_March 2025
 CanonRF100 1/200 f16 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
La frogfish
By Tai Olayori
posted (3 days ago)
Doto ussi
By Tai Olayori
posted (4 days ago)
A pair of mushroom coral pipefish
By Tai Olayori
posted (4 days ago)
A favorite in amongst macro lovers.
This sheep Nuru was shot recently in Anilao  Tulamben. 
Shot with a Nikon Z6ii camera  A Marelux strobe  snoot  and a green colored Orcatorch light.
By Tai Olayori
posted (4 days ago)
Cratena peregrina nudibranch_May 2025
 CanonRF100  1/200 f20 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
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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