Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025
UPY2024 Winner: Alex Dawson. See the winner's gallery.
Photos from the UPY2024 Award Ceremony in central London.
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UPY2025 is now closed for entries.
18 January 2024: The Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 contest is now closed, judging completed and entrants have been notified about their personal results.
Our friends at The Crown Estate will be hosting the UPY2025 awards ceremony in London on 20 February. Details have been sent to winning photographers. The results will be made public and are available to the press on 21 February.
As ever, we will keep you informed across our social media channels: UPY on Instagram, UPY on Facebook and UPY on Twitter.
The UPY team would like to thank everyone who entered this year's competition. We are humbled that so many of you choose to support us, and through the UPY competition the wider diving community.
Finally, we would once again like to thank all of our sponsors for your continued support.
See the 2024 winners gallery
Click to see a gallery of all 130 stunning underwater images - the UPY 2024 winners
Video collection
Check out past videos on our youtube channel
Meet the judges
Meet our top team of international judges
UPY on the road
Want to attract visitors to your venue? See how you can host the UPY 2024 Exhibition
Stories from our winners
See what it means to be a winner with some stories of past entrants enjoying their prizes
Competition Rules
Please make sure you are 100% sure of the rules and image submission guidelines
