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Elysia timida_June 2025 (Canon RF100, 1/200,f16,iso125)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
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Baby Shortnose Gar taken in shallow water in a small bay of Lake Michigan
By Max Janssen
posted (4 days ago)
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The eye contact. Meet the little Ring-eye Pygmy Goby, specifically Trimma benjamini of Raja Ampat..
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
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Hello from the yellow polka dots from Tioman island, Malaysia
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
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Hungry Froggy diving into its yummy sashimi lunch with gusto!
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
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The moment of peace.. A Denise Pygmy seahorse enjoying it's
By Nellson Sim
posted (3 days ago)
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Flabelina affinis nudibranch_June 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
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Dwarf Sea Hare - Aplysia parvula
By Stefanos Michael
posted Yesterday
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Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted Friday, July 4, 2025
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Inland Sea | Gozo
By Pieter Firlefyn
posted Friday, July 4, 2025
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shots above the surface. Can be on land but with relevance to the marine environment

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A sailboat passes by Cayman Kai, on the North shore of Gr... by Patrick Reardon
A sailboat passes by Cayman Kai, on the North shore of Grand Cayman. The really small white dots on the horizon line are dive boats on the North wall. A beautiful place to dive. A beautiful place to "off-gas" when you are not diving. Enjoy.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 14, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Sally lightfoot crabs. Galapagos. S5PRO, 18-200mm. by Derek Haslam
Sally lightfoot crabs. Galapagos. S5PRO, 18-200mm.
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 14, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Varadero - Cuba by Vito Lorusso
Varadero - Cuba
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 14, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Eluthera's Island - Bahamas by Vito Lorusso
Eluthera's Island - Bahamas
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 13, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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2s exposure, Fremantle Harbour, Western Australia. by Gareth Millson
2s exposure, Fremantle Harbour, Western Australia.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 12, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Porto Palo - Sicily - Italy by Vito Lorusso
Porto Palo - Sicily - Italy
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 12, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Indonesia comes to Newport by Robert Bemus
Indonesia comes to Newport
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 11, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Burning sunset over Primosten Dalmatcia. by Marko Perisic
Burning sunset over Primosten Dalmatcia.
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 11, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Sailing away... From Sanur Beach, Bali.. by Nilhan Gur
Sailing away... From Sanur Beach, Bali..
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very colorful - I like the placement of the boat on the horizon
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 11, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Carmel afternoon splash. Big Sur, Carmel, CA. by Larissa Roorda
Carmel afternoon splash. Big Sur, Carmel, CA.
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Sunset on the West side of Grand Cayman, about a mile sou... by Mordechai Saxon
Sunset on the West side of Grand Cayman, about a mile south of Georgetown.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Lovely Sunset @ Perhentian Island, Malaysia. Capture by C... by Derrick Lim
Lovely Sunset @ Perhentian Island, Malaysia. Capture by Canon G9
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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ninja turtles by Joanna Crystal Buenafe
ninja turtles
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Framed Newport pier by Robert Bemus
Framed Newport pier
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Jet ski.loop the loop. by John Naylor
Jet ski.loop the loop.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2008

Final RoundThrough to 2008 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
who says shutter lag is a problem!
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Kaibo Yacht Club on the east end of Grand Cayman. We wer... by Bonnie Conley
Kaibo Yacht Club on the east end of Grand Cayman. We were boarding for our sunset cruise. The bar restaurant has the best seafood chowder I've ever eaten. Photo taken with a Canon SD550.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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taken with Nikon D70 15-70mm wide zoom lense. by Alex Pena
taken with Nikon D70 15-70mm wide zoom lense.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 8, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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My daughter ready and waiting for an evening snorkel by Geoff Spiby
My daughter ready and waiting for an evening snorkel
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 8, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Golden Sunset Porto Corsica. by Marko Perisic
Golden Sunset Porto Corsica.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 7, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Hayle beach surfers. Cornwall. S5 PRO. 18-200mm. by Derek Haslam
Hayle beach surfers. Cornwall. S5 PRO. 18-200mm.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 7, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Galapagos Sealion taken in the Galapagos Islands by Richard Alvarado
Galapagos Sealion taken in the Galapagos Islands
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 7, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Vertigo by Robert Bemus
Vertigo
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 6, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Swallow-tailed Gull It is unique among the gulls as it i... by Richard Alvarado
Swallow-tailed Gull
It is unique among the gulls as it is the only gull species that is a nocturnal forager
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 6, 2008
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date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Lessons on what to do with your dive buddy, after the di... by Patrick Reardon
Lessons on what to do with your dive buddy, after the dive. Depicted is an important manner of "decompressing" with your dive buddy. When your life starts to look like an American beer commercial, you know you are doing good.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 6, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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My 12 year old daughter on her very first open water dive... by Sharon English
My 12 year old daughter on her very first open water dive (as part of her PADI Jnr Open Water). Now all she wants is to become a marine scientist!
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 6, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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I am at the sea bank of the costal rock looking my countr... by Friday Bebeyai
I am at the sea bank of the costal rock looking my country beautiful sea.
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date posted posted: Friday, September 5, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Nigeria
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Rare breed...bodysurfer at Newport Point, CA... by Robert Bemus
Rare breed...bodysurfer at Newport Point, CA...
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date posted posted: Friday, September 5, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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