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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It's Free | Enter up to 30 photos per month

Luca Keller
Silver Medal Winner By Luca Keller
Terry Steeley
Bronze Medal Winner By Terry Steeley
Hans-Gert Broeder
Bronze Medal Winner By Hans-Gert Broeder
Alison Bounce
Bronze Medal Winner By Alison Bounce
Debbie Wallace
Gold Medal Winner By Debbie Wallace
Dmitry Vinogradov
Silver Medal Winner By Dmitry Vinogradov
Marjan Radovic
Silver Medal Winner By Marjan Radovic
Francesco Pacienza
Bronze Medal Winner By Francesco Pacienza
Claudia Weber-Gebert
Silver Medal Winner By Claudia Weber-Gebert
Henley Spiers
Bronze Medal Winner By Henley Spiers

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
Kahaluu Beach Park  HI
By Alison Ranheim
posted 10:36 CST Today (1 hour ago)
Cuapetes kororensis    Mushroom Corals Shrimp 
Olympus EM1 Mark II camera and 60 mms macro with Nauticam CMC1 lens. Inons S2000X2  F22 1/60
By Jose Maria Abad Ortega
posted 03:24 CST Today (8 hours ago)
Ancylomenes speciosus  Splendid Shrimp 
Olympus EM1 Mark II camera and 60 mms macro with Nauticam CMC1 lens. Inons S2000X2  F22 1/125
By Jose Maria Abad Ortega
posted 03:24 CST Today (8 hours ago)
Galathea sp.  Red Sea squat lobster  peeping out from behind its safety haven  a Millepora dichotoma  fire coral  arm.  f/8  1/80  ISO 200  42mm  UCL 165 .   Els
By E&e Lp
posted 00:40 CST Today (11 hours ago)
Seahorse
By Min Seok Jeon
posted Friday, June 2, 2023
Lions mane nudibranch
By Ned Gleason
posted Friday, June 2, 2023

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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