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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Plamena Mileva
Gold Medal Winner By Plamena Mileva
Lucie Drlikova
Silver Medal Winner By Lucie Drlikova
Roy Spraakman
Silver Medal Winner By Roy Spraakman
Kelvin H.y. Tan
Gold Medal Winner By Kelvin H.y. Tan
Massimo Giorgetta
Silver Medal Winner By Massimo Giorgetta
Jinggong Zhang
Silver Medal Winner By Jinggong Zhang
Alp Baranok
Bronze Medal Winner By Alp Baranok
Allen Walker
Silver Medal Winner By Allen Walker
Christian Llewellyn
Gold Medal Winner By Christian Llewellyn
Sevil Gurel Peker
Gold Medal Winner By Sevil Gurel Peker

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
Head of the Dragon  I managed to get this close up snoot shot of a Leafy Sea Dragon on a Night Dive. Port Norlunga South Australia
By Jeff Bradley
posted Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Hypselodoris infucata nudibranch_March 2024
 Canon100 1/200 f16 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Flabellina nudibranch_October 2023
 Canon100  1/200 f11 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
Goniobranchus collingwoodi_February 2024
 Canon100 1/200 f16 iso100
By Antonio Venturelli
posted Yesterday
Come together

Photo of nudibranchs  Risbecia tryoni   Alam Batu  Bali  Indonesia
By Reinhard Arndt
posted (2 days ago)
Cratena peregrina nudibranchs_July2023
 Canon100 1/200 f20 iso200
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)

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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