Scubadive West's 2009 Underwater Photography Competition
This year participants can compete in two categories:
- The Best of Ireland Underwater: Macro (close-up) Category
- The Best of Ireland Underwater: Wide Angle Category
Scubadive West’s 2009 Underwater Photo Competition celebrates the best in Irish amateur photography. We know that your photographs will tell a thousand tales of dives taken off Ireland’s stunning coastline.
How to Enter
The deadline for submission of pictures is midnight on Sunday 6th September 2009. All entries are via this website so go to our Register page for more details.
Please note that this is an amateur photo competition. Anyone who currently sells or has in the past sold their photos is not eligible to enter. Enforcement of this condition is strictly at the discretion of the competition organisers.
This Year's Prizes
This year’s competition has been very kindly sponsored by Scubapro, Suunto, Oceanic and Fourth Element . Exact details of the prizes are available on our prizes page.
Gala Dinner
Scubadive West’s 2009 Underwater Photography Competition will culminate in a prize-giving ceremony and gala dinner in the Maol Reidh Hotel, Tullycross on Saturday 19th September 2009 starting at 8pm. This evening will be a general celebration of all things good about this island of ours and there will be a multimedia presentation of all photo entries. We would be delighted to welcome anyone to this dinner, divers and non divers alike. Tickets cost €35 per person for a 3 course meal and are available directly from Scubadive West. Please note that €5 from each ticket sale will be donated to the very worthy Project Aware Foundation; the diving industry’s leading non profit marine conservation and awareness organisation.
The Maol Reidh Hotel is offering a special rate of €79 for two night’s B&B for the weekend of 18/19th September. Call the hotel directly on 095 43844 to avail of this rate and mention Scubadive West.
Those of you planning to stay elsewhere can avail of our complementary taxi service on the night to transport you back to your lodgings. So no excuse not to stay for the disco!