Photographer Amos Nachoum to Be Inducted Into ISDHF in 2026

The International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame has announced that Amos Nachoum, an award-winning wildlife and underwater photographer, expedition leader and explorer, will be inducted into its 2026 class of honorees. 

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The Cayman Islands-based organization made the announcement at the DEMA Show 2025 in Orlando, citing Nachoum’s numerous prestigious awards and significant contributions to exploration, underwater photography and the dive industry. As an internationally acclaimed photographer and renowned wildlife and underwater photographer specializing in photographing large marine species, Nachoum is the founder of Big Animals Expeditions, which, since 1988, has led over 7,000 explorers on safe and intimate wildlife encounters.

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Sought-After Subjects: Contributors’ Picks

We asked our contributors to share their favorite underwater images that showcase subjects on their bucket lists, including specific critters, wrecks or compositions, and they came back with an intriguing selection of macro to wide-angle shots featuring a range of subjects, from unique species to carefully composed cave and wreck shots, awaiting just the right moment.

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Here, X-Ray Mag contributors share their favorite images, from the tropical waters of the Solomon Islands, Micronesia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Hawaii and Mexico to the temperate waters of British Columbia and the US East Coast.

Obessions

Text and photos by Lureen Ferretti

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Ocean Art 2025 Underwater Photo Competition Announced

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The Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition remains the world’s most prestigious and respected underwater photography contest, offering over $60,000 in prizes. The competition attracts amateur to professional photographers across the globe. 

Fourteen categories ensure all photo disciplines and cameras compete fairly, while the 50+ winning images create a portfolio of the best underwater photos of the year.

Ocean Art prizes are provided by some of the world’s top scuba diving resorts, liveaboard dive yachts, and underwater photo gear manufacturers. 

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Ticking Off Your Bucket List: Understanding Your Subject

If there is a special critter on your bucket list that you have always wanted to photograph, some knowledge about its habitat, eating habits and behaviour may help you find it and capture better shots. Lawson Wood offers some pointers.

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When looking at marine life—or even “hunting” specific species for your bucket list, as a photographer would—if possible, it is best to read up on your subject beforehand and try to gain a little more understanding of your quarry. There are four specific regions or aspects of the subject’s life that need to be explored and hopefully to have some understanding of.

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Sea Bottom: Contributors’ Picks

We asked our contributors to share their favorite underwater images that showcase subjects found on the sea bottom, including sandy seafloor, reefs, seagrass beds and wrecks and they returned with an intriguing selection of macro to wide-angle shots featuring diverse subjects, from camouflaged species and slumbering sharks to crocodiles and ancient artifacts.

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Here, X-Ray Mag contributors share their favorite images from the tropical waters of the Philippines, Indonesia, the Maldives, Saba, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Honduras and Socorro Island in Mexico to the temperate waters of Türkiye, St. Lawrence River and North Carolina.

At the Bottom of the Sea

Text and photos by Anita George-Ares, Ph.D.

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SeaLife introduces Sea Dragon Mini 1200 & 1600 Dive Lights

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Featuring 1200 or 1600 lumens, the compact dive lights offer users tremendous brightness and a focused narrow long-range beam.  All light functions are easily accessible with one handed operation to cycle through five light modes.

The light’s outstanding features include a new Luminus SFT-40 LED and ultra tight beam angles of 8° (1200) and 6° (1600), 6° and 4.5° respectively underwater making the powerful lights capable of reaching long distances with minimal diffusion. 

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Camera Housing Drifts Across the North Sea, Gets Reunited With Owner

What are the chances? Imagine that you are out in the middle of the North Sea, doing some dives on the WWI battleships, when the tether to your expensive camera rig snaps. Surely, you have lost your gear in deep water far from shore, never to be seen again. Not so, it turns out, for a very lucky diver and underwater photographer from the Emirates. Peter Symes has the story.

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On a recent visit, I was sitting quietly at a dive club up on Denmark’s northernmost tip, deep in thought, reflecting on the dive I had just done with the club and their excellent dive boat, when a club member came through the door. “See what was just found on the nearby beach!” he exclaimed. In his hand, he held a large underwater camera housing with a dome port. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an Easydive Leo 3 housing with a Sony A7R3 camera inside, fitted with a 14mm lens. It was quite an expensive piece of kit—about €10K worth, I would guess.

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Multiples: Contributors’ Picks

We asked our contributors to share their favorite underwater images that feature multiples of the same species, subject or element, and they returned with an intriguing selection of macro to wide-angle shots featuring diverse marine life, from anemonefish eggs, skeleton shrimp and flamboyant cuttlefish to dolphins, tiger sharks and whale sharks.

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Here, X-Ray Mag contributors share their favorite images from the tropical waters of French Polynesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, the Maldives, the Egyptian Red Sea, the Bahamas, Mexico and Malpelo to the subtropical and temperate waters off the US East Coast.

Marine Life Multiplied

Text and photos by Anita George-Ares, Ph.D.

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