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Elysia timida nudibranch_July 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
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Goniobranchus rubrocornutus_March 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f18,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (4 days ago)
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divers.
By Robert Polo
posted (4 days ago)
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mj
By Robert Polo
posted (3 days ago)
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Couple of Cratena nudibranch_July 2025 (CanonRF100,1/200,f13,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (2 days ago)
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Not as camouflaged as I would like to be.
By Hunter Johnson
posted Yesterday
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Not as camouflaged as I would like to be.
By Hunter Johnson
posted Yesterday
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Inside the Heian Maru – A WWII Time Capsule Beneath the Waves ⚓📸 Exploring inside the Heian Maru in Chuuk Lagoon feels like stepping into history itself. Once an elegant passenger liner, later converted into a Japanese submarine tender during ...
By Christian Llewellyn
posted 05:59 CST Today (1 hour ago)
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Exploring inside the Heian Maru in Chuuk Lagoon feels like stepping into history itself. Once an elegant passenger liner, later converted into a Japanese submarine tender during WWII.
By Christian Llewellyn
posted 06:01 CST Today (within the last hour)
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The Broadbarred firefish Pterois antennata is a common sp... by Ludovic Hoarau
The Broadbarred firefish Pterois antennata is a common species found in Réunion island waters. This individual was hidden away under an artificial reef.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 8, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Reaching out by Peet J Van Eeden
Reaching out
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 5, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Wire coral shrimp by Yoav Lavi
Wire coral shrimp
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 4, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Fly turtle fly by Wolfgang Zwicknagl
Fly turtle fly
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date posted posted: Monday, November 4, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A fiery love affair by Peet J Van Eeden
A fiery love affair
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 3, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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"Coming up" - a "other shot" of a young whaleshark, which... by Andre Philip
"Coming up" - a "other shot" of a young whaleshark, which show the nice pattern of the shark skin under the rays of the sun
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 3, 2013
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean Tanzania
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Frogfish fishing with its lure by Marteyne Van Well
Frogfish fishing with its lure
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 27, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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An unexpected visit from a big tiger that came in to chec... by Valda Fraser
An unexpected visit from a big tiger that came in to check me out. Was sad about the broken-off trace in her mouth.
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2013
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A beautiful juvenile emperor angelfish. Such a tricky su... by Valda Fraser
A beautiful juvenile emperor angelfish. Such a tricky subject because it moves so fast.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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"THE OCEAN'S KING" by Isabella Maffei
"THE OCEAN'S KING"
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 11, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Oct8, 2013 Laamu Atoll lagoon 4:30pm depth: 6m. A young l... by Harvey Edwards
Oct8, 2013 Laamu Atoll lagoon 4:30pm depth: 6m. A young lionfish that has staked a territory and is fairly aggressive to the camera. Canon S95, Inon S-2000 strobe,f8 1/500. Lightroom 4/CS5
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 10, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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just swimming around the corner we almost got caught in a... by Wolfgang Zwicknagl
just swimming around the corner we almost got caught in a fishermans net. these guys have been after a school of glassfish to use them afterwards as bait to catch some tunas....
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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I lay on sand quietly watching this chap. Loved it when ... by Valda Fraser
I lay on sand quietly watching this chap. Loved it when he opened his mouth for the cleaners.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2013
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
This ones is a clear winner. A classic CFWA and great work having the complete body in focus. Well done, a personal favorite for me.
57 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Macro by Abdulla Almehairi
Macro
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Macro by Abdulla Almehairi
Macro
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 6, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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Maldives Wreck by Sergiy Glushchenko
Maldives Wreck
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 3, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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A huge bohar snapper giving me an ugly look. by Valda Fraser
A huge bohar snapper giving me an ugly look.
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Editor's Comment
It's the Orange over perfect deep blue that makes this shot stand out. Very nice.
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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"CALL ME NAPO" by Isabella Maffei
"CALL ME NAPO"
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Cuttlefish on reef. Taken with a canon 50D, Tokina 10-17m... by Henrik Rasmussen
Cuttlefish on reef. Taken with a canon 50D, Tokina 10-17mm, 2 inon strobes
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 16, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Tomato Clown in host anemone in the South Ari Atol of the... by Simon Barnes
Tomato Clown in host anemone in the South Ari Atol of the Maldives. Taken with Canon S100 and strobe at 5m.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 7, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Black Tip Reef Shark on the hunt in the South Ari Atol of... by Simon Barnes
Black Tip Reef Shark on the hunt in the South Ari Atol of the Maldives; snorkeling beneath the spa! Canon S100 w/strobe
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date posted posted: Friday, September 6, 2013
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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... by Sergiy Glushchenko
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 1, 2013
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Baby scorpion fish on House Reef at Six Senses Laamu, Laa... by Marteyne Van Well
Baby scorpion fish on House Reef at Six Senses Laamu, Laamu Atoll, Maldives. F20, 1/160 ISO 160
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 1, 2013
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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from the surface by Marc Van Den Broeck
from the surface
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 1, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Crystal Rock dive site in Komodo National Park.Flores Sea... by Mark Mahler
Crystal Rock dive site in Komodo National Park.Flores Sea, Napoleon Wrasse at feeding time...
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 31, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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manta on surface by night by Marc Van Den Broeck
manta on surface by night
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 31, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Lying in wait at night. by Valda Fraser
Lying in wait at night.
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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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