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It’s time to unveil our Dive Into Photography Competition winner

We are delighted to announce the winner of the Emperor Divers Dive Into Photography Competition 2025.

The standard, and quantity, of the entries we received absolutely blew us away and ultimately choosing the winner was an incredibly tough decision for our panel.

However, there was one particular image that especially caught our eye.

A breathtaking capture of an amazing underwater moment that blew us away.

It is, therefore, a great pleasure to award this year’s prize to ‘Wormhole’ by Ben Yavar.

Dive Into Photography Competition winner by Ben Yavar
Wormhole by Ben Yavar

His prize is to join us on an Emperor Divers Red Sea liveaboard of his choice and we look forward to welcoming him on board.

While Ben’s incredible shot took the honours this year, we really ought to give a few shout outs to other entries which, for various reasons, our panel also loved.

There really were some amazing pictures but among those that stood out where pictures from Yoni Luzon, Stefan Beskow, James Keightley, Damien Groves, Scarlat Florian, Kerry Patrick and Paul Cole – all of which are shown below.

We sincerely thank everyone who took the time to participate in our competition.

It was an absolute pleasure to see all the entries and, as they say at all the best award shows, a shame there could only be one winner.

Keep your eyes peeled for later this year when we will be inviting you all to do it again for our Dive Into Photography Competition 2026…

Yoni Luzon - Turtle & Manta
Yoni Luzon
Photo Competition Stefan Beskow James Keightley
Stefan Beskow and James Keightley
Mola Mola - Damien Groves 2
Damien Groves
Scarlat Florian wobbegong
Scarlat Florian
Kerry Patrick dolphins
Kerry Patrick
Paul Cole - Raja Laut Surface Interval
Paul Cole

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