Photo Contest Statistics

Where do underwater photographers take the most pictures? Which country? What Sea? What are their favorite subjects?

We have all the answers here, displayed in graphical format. This analysis of our photo contest entries is surely the most unique insight into the travel habits of underwater photographers ever!

You can use the data here to decide where the utimate u/w photo destination is!

What Seas?

When you enter the contest the sea that the image was shot in is an optional field. Not everyone knows what sea they were in! And, of course, freshwater shots are excluded. We have logged seas since 2007

Mouseover the graph bars to see even more detail. Is this the ultimate trip planner? Mouseover the graph bars to see which seas produce the most medals and so should be most worth a visit? Of course the most popular seas will have more images and should statistically therefore have more medals. But note the most popular seas do not always produce the most medals!

SeasPercentageGraph
Caribbean Sea20.10%
Pacific14.60%
Red Sea12.40%
Indian Ocean7.30%
Philippine Sea5.20%
South China Sea4.60%
Celebes Sea3.70%
Sulu and Sulawesi Seas3.60%
Mediterranean Sea2.70%
Atlantic (North)2.20%
Andaman Sea2.20%
Bali Sea2.10%
Adriatic Sea1.60%
North Sea1.50%
Banda Sea1.40%
Atlantic (South)1.10%
Atlantic (North American coastal)1.10%
Molucca Sea1.10%
Asian Sea1.00%
Atlantic (African coastal)0.90%
Bohol Sea0.90%
Coral Sea0.90%
Tasman Sea0.80%
Irish Sea0.70%
Solomon Sea0.70%
Aegean Sea0.60%
Halmahera Sea0.50%
Flores Sea0.40%
Atlantic (European coastal)0.40%
Tyrrhenian Sea0.40%
Visayan Sea0.40%
Arabian Sea0.30%
Mindanao Sea0.30%
Bismarck Sea0.30%
Ionian Sea0.30%
Java Sea0.20%
Sargasso Sea0.20%
Ligurian Sea0.20%
Norwegian Sea0.20%
Atlantic (South America coastal)0.10%
East China Sea0.10%
Baltic Sea0.10%
Black Sea0.10%
Koro Sea0.10%
Sunda Sea0.00%
Great Australian Bight0.00%
Balearic Sea0.00%
Antarctic (Southern Ocean)0.00%
Sea of Japan0.00%
Caspian Sea0.00%
Timor Sea0.00%
Ross Sea0.00%
Camotes Sea0.00%
Arctic0.00%
Arafura Sea0.00%
Savu Sea0.00%
White Sea0.00%
Wandel or McKinley Sea0.00%
Weddel Sea0.00%
Sea of Crete0.00%
Labrador Sea0.00%
Amundsen Sea0.00%
Bering Sea0.00%
Greenland Sea0.00%
Celtic Sea0.00%

What Countries?

Is this the ultimate trip planner? You can see which countries produce the most medals and so should be most worth a visit, then cross-reference with the seas that produce the most medals and Viola! Book now!

It is interesting to compare country taken against sea taken. Note that the Caribbean Sea rates so highly when no single island does as a country.

CountryPercentageGraph
Egypt10.70%
Indonesia10.10%
United States8.80%
Philippines7.60%
Malaysia5.70%
United Kingdom4.00%
Mexico3.70%
Australia3.30%
Maldives3.10%
Cayman islands3.00%
Puerto Rico2.70%
Netherlands Antilles2.30%
Thailand2.00%
Italy1.90%
South Africa1.80%
Bahamas1.80%
Honduras1.70%
Spain1.60%
Croatia1.10%
Micronesia1.00%
Taiwan0.90%
Fiji0.90%
Belize0.80%
Solomon islands0.80%
Ecuador0.70%
Papua New Guinea0.70%
French Polynesia0.70%
Cuba0.60%
Malta0.60%
Canada0.60%
Palau0.50%
Turkey0.50%
Turks and Caicos islands0.50%
East Timor0.50%
France0.50%
Northern Mariana Islands0.50%
Portugal0.40%
Ireland0.40%
New Zealand0.40%
Sri Lanka0.40%
Brazil0.40%
Dominica0.40%
Oman0.30%
Grenada0.30%
Israel0.30%
Greece0.30%
Virgin Islands U.S.0.30%
Virgin Islands (British)0.30%
Norway0.30%
Costa Rica0.30%
Mozambique0.30%
Chile0.20%
Bermuda0.20%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.20%
United Arab Emirates0.20%
Japan0.20%
Jordan0.20%
Sudan0.20%
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.20%
Barbados0.20%
Singapore0.20%
Saudi Arabia0.20%
Cocos Islands0.20%
Switzerland0.20%
Myanmar (Burma)0.10%
Colombia0.10%
Dominican Republic0.10%