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UnderwaterPhoto Contests

10 contests

Contests with a wide-angle underwater category

Reefscapes, sunbursts, sharks and wrecks: wide-angle categories reward composition and light as much as the subject. These contests all have a dedicated wide-angle category for underwater images.

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OpenUnderwater · Online

World Shootout

World Shootout (producer David Pilosof)

  • Portfolio
  • Open
  • Wide-angle
  • Macro
  • Newcomer
  • Conservation
  • +1

Deadline

17 days left

FEE
from €15
Standard licence
OpenUnderwater · Online

Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition

Underwater Photography Guide

  • Wide-angle
  • Macro
  • Behaviour
  • Portrait
  • Other
  • Black & white
  • +3

Deadline

52 days left

PRIZES
$50K
ExpectedUnderwater · Online

Underwater Photographer of the Year

Underwater Photographer of the Year (Dan Bolt and Alex Mustard)

  • Wide-angle
  • Macro
  • Wreck
  • Behaviour
  • Portrait
  • Other
  • +5

Expected deadline

early Jan 2027

JudgingUnderwater · In person

Puerto Galera Underwater Shootout

Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT Dive Philippines, Region IV-B MIMAROPA) with the Municipality of Puerto Galera · Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro

  • Macro
  • Behaviour
  • Wide-angle
  • Portrait

Closed

JudgingUnderwater · In person

CMAS World Championship Underwater Photo and Video

CMAS (Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques), with a national federation as host · Host destination changes each year (2026 — Pemuteran, Bali)

  • Portrait
  • Other
  • Close-up
  • Wide-angle
  • Compact & mobile
  • Video

Closed