Nautilus Scuba Club Cairns 2026 Photography Competition

2026 Underwater Photography Competition & Exhibition

The Nautilus Scuba Club Cairns helps the native diving group and promotes scuba diving in Far North Queensland. The membership has over 400 members, making it one of many largest leisure scuba golf equipment in Australia.

The Annual Underwater Photography Competition is the main occasion on the Club’s calendar. It contains photograph and video classes and is judged by famend and impartial skilled photographers. The competitors and accompanying Exhibition are sponsored by native and regional dive operators and supporters, together with a few of the greatest names within the Australian scuba diving business. In 2025 round 7,000 folks visited the exhibition on the Cairns Tanks Arts Centre, the place over 500 top quality images and movies had been on public show.

The 2026 contest is open for entries from monetary membership members from 1-14 May, with a public Exhibition to be held over the weekend of 11-12 July on the Cairns Junior Eisteddfod Hall. Judges this yr are Anita Verde, Vanessa Mignon and Jake Wilton.

Winners of the 2026 competitors will probably be introduced at an Awards Night on the exhibition venue on Saturday 11 July.

Visit the Club webpage for additional info and updates on the competitors:

www.nautilus-scuba.net/whats-on/photo-competition/

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Key Event Information:

  Exhibition:                 11^th – 12^th July 2026

  Location:                   Cairns Junior Eisteddfod Hall

  Awards Night:           Saturday 11^th July 2026       

  Location:                   Cairns Junior Eisteddfod Hall

  Time:                         6:00 pm

  Who will probably be there:     Nautilus Members & Entrants 

                                    Sponsors and Dive Industry Represenatives

  More info:     David George

                                    [email protected]

                                    www.nautilus-scuba.net