Underwater Photography

A huge aggregation of spider crabs is one of the most astonishing spectacles in UK waters - Lewis Jeffries investigates Cornwall's Red Army

Check out the stunning winning and highly commended images from our Big Shot Cephalopods underwater photography competition

PADI and GoPro have teamed up to create a GoPro Distinctive Specialty Course, with training for the camera, accessories and video editing app

The MPB Geographical Better World Video Awards has attracted some fantastic ocean-themed videos, and there are still a few days left to make your vote count

A freediver discovering whale skeletons beneath ice has been judged World's Best Underwater Photograph of 2024

British Underwater Photographer of the Year 2023, Ollie Clarke, showcases some of his spectacular megafauna shots of sharks, rays and whales

Wide-angle photography is an important part of an underwater photographer's repertoire - and Wakatobi is a great place to try it out

Charly Clérisse is an underwater photographer originally from France, currently a full-time liveaboard dive manager based in the Maldives

The Fifth Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition has showcased some magnificent underwater shots - check out the best of them here

Enter DIVE's Big Shot Cephalopods underwater photography competition to win an Aggressor Adventures Red Sea liveaboard trip

The winners of the Underwater Photography Guide's Ocean Art 2023 underwater photography contest have been announced - check out the winners here

Our MPB Geographical Better World Video Awards has attracted some fantastic videos, and there are still a couple of weeks left to enter...

Just north of Vancouver is 'The Skook', the world's fastest tidal rapids. The Underwater Photography Guide's editor-in-chief Nirupam Nigam took the plunge

We asked for an explosion of colour for our Big Shot Kaleidoscopes and boy, did we get just that - and more! Check out the winners here.

UPY2024 - the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024 contest - is now open and will accept entries until 5 January 2024

A great portfolio from the Red Sea and Indonesia by Nat Geo Germany's award-winning newcomer and Greenpeace photographer, Jan Leya

Daniel Thomas Browne, winner of DIVE's BigShot Megafauna underwater photo competition, showcases some of the best of Western Australia's reefs

Laurent Ballesta's photo of golden horseshoe crab wins the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 competition