Twelve wonderful underwater images have been chosen from the entries in our 2025 Marine Photo Competition, hosted in collaboration with Sussex Underwater.
This year our expert panel will be selecting an overall winner, and you can vote for a ‘people’s choice’ winner too.
Take a look at our briny dozen, and then click the link at the end to vote for your favourite.
One vote per person – duplicates will be discounted.
Votes close at 11.59pm on Monday 4 August 2025. See here for full Terms and Conditions for the competition.












Now you’ve seen the finalists tell us which is your favourite.
33 responses to “Marine Photo Competition 2025 – the finalists!”
Pipefish
Vote goes to blennie
I went for Snail Nursery but they’re all wonderful :) Thanks for all the work you do, Sussex Wildlife Trust.
A terrific range from which to make a choice. Instant stand-out is the Tompot Blenny particularly for its amusement quality.
Tompot Blenny by Kirstie Harris
Very hard to chose from such an inspiring group of photos shame we have to pick a winner but the Top Knot Blenny’s keep photo bombing all are videos that I think it deserves first place for persistence.
I like Claire’s photo.
All excellent photos but loved Tompot Blenny