Dive into the most breathtaking ocean for this year

While floating in the northern northern coral barrier water, which is an elegant and dark shape heading towards Maria Ridler. I watched the Brazilian wildlife born and an underwater photographer as the Minke whale approached, taking a picture at the moment when it turned somewhat.

“These curious giants approach the swimmers approximately playful He said Ocean magazine. “The whales seem to admit your existence, revolve around you and interact with you. It is a modest experience, which reaffirms the wonder of the ocean and its inhabitants, and the urgent need to maintain it.”

Her amazing photo, shown above, won the first place in the Fine Arts category with the Ocean of the Year Awards for 2025. This competition, foot By Oceanographic and Blancpain, it honors the amazing images that display the beauty and fragility of the ocean. Read to diving in the rest of the winning photos for this year.

This year wildlife photographer: Takumi Ayama

Goby yellow is a small, bright, western -Pacific fish. Japanese naval researcher Takomi Ayama photographed this dispersion in the middle of the teams. “In gobiid fish, the care of male parents is common, but unusually, in yellow Goby, females also participate in the care of the parents of hatching,” he explained. “This individual is a female, the newly spawned larvae release the water column from her mouth.”

Oyama’s research focuses on the reproductive environment of fish, especially coral reef fish in Japan. It performs the Scuba -based field work to approach and character with marine life, using underwater photography to help his research and share his observations with the world.

Public adventure photographer: Bin Thadad

The coast of Al -Nasiri, Portugal, is notorious because of its huge waves, as it produces some of the largest swelling ever. French photographer Ben Tharad took this dramatic snapshot on a very difficult day. “The wind was blowing from the north, making surfing difficult,” he said. “It was the end of the afternoon, the light was interesting from the beach instead of the usual cliff view. It was difficult to launch anything because of the large groups and salty water in the air. But in the end this moment happened.”

Thouard has photographed the ocean since he was a teenager. He is now based in Tahiti – another part of the world known as his strong waves – where his unique visual style has developed.

Photographer (Impact) General: Hugo Brett

The practice of traditional whales of Grindadráp is deeply rooted in centuries of Faroui culture. Hunting was a decisive day to survive humanity in the Faro Islands, but today, specialists argue that the mass killing of experimental whales poses a major threat to species. The French photographer and marine biologist Hugo Brett took this exciting image of a experimental whale in a long time that was restless without life under his mother’s body after one chase.

He said: “Every year, more than 1000 Setasyan is killed during Grindadráp, and the entire whale groups, including pregnant events and females.” “Although this hunting was one day an existential necessity, it is no longer practices for living. I hope this image will drive global attention to the end of Grindadráp, and on a wider scale, calling for a review of what the human relationship with other living organisms should be.”

Conservation (Hope) Photographer: Sirachai Arunrugstichai

The Indian and Pacific sharks were abundant in the coral triangle, an area of ​​exceptional marine biological diversity in the West Pacific. Today, this type depends on the list of endangered species of the International Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and almost moves it to extinction through overfishing and habitat loss.

This amazing image by the Thai photographer and maritime scientist Sirachai Arounrugsticha offers a glimmer of hope. “A bucket grabs a glass jar with a fetus in an early stage of the Indian tiger shark and the Pacific (Tegustoma Tigrinum), which was removed from the egg experience to experience a breeding experience in Aquia Fukete, one of the largest parks in Thailand,” he explained. “Since 2023, the education program driven by Aquarium staff has produced more than 40 due to the endangered type, listed in the IUCN Red List.”

Human Communication Award: Craig Barry

Rescue teams and local community members worked for 15 hours to save the Hadba whale, which became a beach in New South Wales, Australia. Australian Ocean and nature photographer Craig Barry has documented the hard effort, as he took this air photo.

“Unfortunately, despite their dedication, it cannot be saved,” said Barry. “Although the result was shy, watching the cooperation and mercy that multiple agencies and volunteers were doing incredibly – a strong reminder of what can be achieved when people gathered with a common purpose.”

A young photographer: Aaron Sanders

These raw squids are wrapped in a soft embrace, and they are married to the sea bottom off the coast of the photographer and underwater film director, Aaron Sanders is closely approaching so that the husband does not bother, and take this dazzling image.

Sanders said: “waves of colors are corrugated through their bodies while chromatovies were beating in a charming rhythm, white flashing to gold, gold to red, returning again, and converting them into live jewels, glowing in the dark,” said Sanders. “These other creatures performed flirting, creating the next generation of pop hacker.”

Ocean Portfolio Award: Matthew Sullivan

What is like hundreds of small eyes in this mouth is actually its own offspring. The oral mouth protects its enriched eggs by carrying it in their mouths for a week or more. During this period, they refrain from eating and “reconciliation” regularly from eggs – spit them mainly and then absorb them again – to make sure they receive enough oxygen.

“The year 2025 was an exceptional year for the discovery of oral males,” said Matthew Sullivan, a photographer in Florida, Florida Matthew Sullivan. “This particular male was very bold and as soon as it became comfortable with me, I was allowed to take this picture.”

Fifteen Fifty Female Prize: Jawwalo Kay

Approxally, the Coast of the Anilalo, the Parangai in the Philippines, Chinese photographer Jalling Kai took this picture of unconventional fish that seized the jellyfish in his mouth. “It is possible that I hold it for chemical defense by taking advantage of toxins in its claws,” Kai explained. “While the fish was holding the gel in its mouth, it looked like a balloon.”

Public Ocean Photographer: Yuri Ivanov

The General winner of the Ocean Photographer Awards this year is the photographer based in Indonesia and Master, Yuri Ivanov. This colored image of two ampibodes from the Cyprophideae family, each of which is about 3 mm in the length of the body, has a length of the body, and resting on the coral.

These small creatures are known as “beetles from the sea”, and you can know the reason. Their black bodies make their monitoring and insect -like features look like another version of common winged beetles. Ivanov said: “It has been a lot of patience and accuracy to properly form the shot,” Ivanov said. “In total, it took six dived to get the shot you wanted. The result reveals an intimate glimpse of underwater life often ignored.