Prizes Claimed in UPY 2025

The UPY 2025 Prize Allocation

Fixed Prizes

Please note that other awarded images received points towards the prize pool - see list below.

Category 6 – Coral Reefs

Triton Bay Divers, Indonesia (7N stay) – Catherine Holmes
£750 GBP voucher for use on holidays with Scuba Travel – Jenny Stock
200 Euro voucher for Retra-uwt.com – Hitomi Tsuchiya

Category 8 - Up & Coming

£500 GBP sponsored by PADI – Ruruka/Jeungyul Park
£300 GBP sponsored by PADI – Christian Hut
£200 GBP sponsored by PADI – Autumn Martin
1 x Voucher $100 USD for SUPE/ScubaLamp uw photo equipment – Fin He

Category 9 - Compact

Divevolk Seatouch Max Ocean Kit (smartphone housing) – Bryant Turffs
Divevolk SeaTouch 4 Max Plus (smartphone housing) – Enrico Somogyi
200 Euro voucher for Retra-uwt.com – Jenny Stock
£75 GBP voucher for Magic-Filters.com – Andrea Michelutti

Category 10 – British Waters Wide Angle

Agulhas House, South Africa (7N stay) – David Alpert
£200 GBP voucher for use on holidays with Scuba Travel – Simon Temple
£50 GBP vouchers for Fourth Element Online Shop – Rick Ayrton

Category 11 – British Waters Macro

£250 GBP vouchers for Fourth Element Online Shop - Dan Bolt
£200 GBP voucher for use on holidays with Scuba Travel – James Lynott
£50 GBP vouchers for Fourth Element Online Shop – Sandra Stalker

Category 12 - British Waters Living Together

£500 GBP sponsored by The Crown Estate – Dan Bolt
£300 GBP sponsored by The Crown Estate – Guy Trees
£200 GBP sponsored by The Crown Estate – Kirsty Andrews

Category 99 - Marine Conservation

£500 GBP sponsored by Save Our Seas Foundation – Robert Lehmann
£300 GBP sponsored by Save Our Seas Foundation – Henley Spiers
£200 GBP sponsored by Save Our Seas Foundation – Giacomo Rossi

Pool Prizes

Prizes were distributed by selection, one per photographer, first choice to the photographer scoring the most points across the contest. See full prize descriptions.

Aiyanar Beach and Dive Resort, Philippines

7 day, 6 night in resort with 10 dive package. Location: Anilao, Philippines - Nur Tucker

Alami Alor, Indonesia

7 nights with basic diver package (2 boat dive per day. Location: Alor, Indonesia - Joe Daniels

Atmosphere Resort, Philippines

4 nights for two divers, with 4 dives each. Location: Dauin, Philippines - Renee Capazzola

Backscatter (2 pool prizes)

1 x $500 USD vouchers for Backscatter.com - Alex Dawson

1 x $500 USD vouchers for Backscatter.com - Luc Rooman

Backscatter XTerminator

1 x BSXT Software Licence (allows use on 2 computers) - Henley Spiers

Coral Eye Resort, Indonesia

1 x 1 Person 5 night stay & 10 air dives. Location: Sulawesi, Indonesia - Hussain Aga Khan

Crystal Blue Resort, Philippines

7 Nights Full accommodation, 6 days x 3 dives. Location: Anilao, Philippines - Bryan H. Blauvelt

Dive into Lembeh, Indonesia

All inclusive 6 nights with 5 days of 2 guided day dives, unlimited house reef. Location: Sulawesi, Indonesia – Paolo Bondaschi

Dive into Raja, Indonesia

All inclusive 6 nights with 5 days of 2 guided day dives, unlimited house reef. Location: West Papua, Indonesia – Eduardo Acevedo

Divevolk

1 x Divevolk SeaTouch 4 Max Plus (smartphone housing) - Jonas Beyer

1 x Divevolk SeaTouch 4 Max Plus (smartphone housing) - Martin Stevens

Fourth Element

1 x £100 GBP vouchers for Fourth Element Online Shop - Pietro Cremone

Magic Filters (2 pool prizes)

1 x 100 GBP voucher for Magic-Filters.com - Frank Aron

1 x 50 GBP voucher for Magic-Filters.com - Richard Barnden

Marelux (2 pool prizes)

1 x Pair of Marelux Apollo III strobes with Lumilink Wireless Trigger - Alvaro Herrero (Mekan)

1 x Soft Pro Snoot - Wojciech Dopierala

Master Liveaboards

7 nights trip on Palau Siren. Location: Palau - Eneric Gener

Nauticam

1 x 50% discount Voucher Prize for Nauticam.com, up to a purchase of $3000 USD (which would be a $1500 discount) - Shunsuke Nakano

Red Sea Diving Safari, Egypt

7 nights at Marsa Shagra, Marsa Nakari or Wadi Lahami, plus 5 days diving and transfers from Marsa Alam airport. Location: Southern Egypt - Joost van Uffelen

Retra

1 x 200 Euro voucher for Retra-uwt.com - Sage Ono

1 x 200 Euro voucher for Retra-uwt.com - John Pfisterer

ScubaLamp

1 x Voucher $600 USD for SUPE/ScubaLamp uw photo equipment – James Rokop

1 x Voucher $300 USD for SUPE/ScubaLamp uw photo equipment – Paolo Isgro

Scuba Travel
1 x £500GBP voucher for use on holidays with Scuba Travel – Nick More

1 x £100GBP voucher for use on holidays with Scuba Travel – Rick Ayrton

1 x £100GBP voucher for use on holidays with Scuba Travel – Weiwei Zeng

1 x £100GBP voucher for use on holidays with Scuba Travel – Kate Vylet

1 x £100GBP voucher for use on holidays with Scuba Travel - Martin Mayobre

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