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Timeline
Strict deadlines for submissions and technical review. Ensure your RAW files are ready for verification.
Submissions
Open Period
Nov 12 — Dec 31, 2025
Judging
Expert Review
Results announced: December 31, 2025
Competition Guidelines
Everything you need to know before you dive in.
1. Mandatory Scientific Data
- This competition is also a scientific study. Every image submitted must be paired with a completed Dive Data Sheet (tracking depth, temperature, behavior, etc.). Submissions without this data will be disqualified.
2. Submission Deadlines
- Before Check-out: You must submit your unedited RAW files (converted to JPEGs for storage) to the resort team before you depart.
- By May 31, 2026: You must upload your final Edited versions via your 3SIXTY account. You can swap these edited versions as often as you like until this deadline.
3. Strict Ethical Conduct
- The competition has a zero-tolerance policy for environmental disturbance.
- No Touching/Moving: Do not touch, move, or stress marine life or coral.
- Zero Interference: Using bait or having a guide "stage" a shot for you is strictly prohibited.
- Immediate Disqualification: Any violation results in immediate disqualification for that entire day’s photos.
4. Editing Rules
- Permitted: Minor adjustments (color, contrast, cropping up to 20%, backscatter removal).
- Prohibited: Generative AI, moving/adding elements, or heavy manipulation that alters the context of the scene.
- Double Exposure: Only allowed in the Creative Macro category and must be done in-camera.
5. Eligibility & Limits
- Stay Requirement: You must stay at least 3 consecutive nights at Solitude Acacia (Anilao) or Solitude Lembeh between Feb 15 and April 30, 2026.
- Quantity: You can submit up to 5 entries per category.