The Underwater Photographer of the Year contest draws many amazing photographs from around the world. Check out 11 of the most spectacular and visit the link below for more information about the contest.

Seals swim around an iceberg in Antarctica Peninsula.

Photography: Greg Lecoeur

A goby fish peeks above a colorful coral reef in the Cayman Islands.

Photography: Hannes Klostermann

An octopus, for an inexplicable reason, clings to a soccer ball on the ocean’s surface.

Photography: Pasquale Vassallo

Unicorn shrimp typically live at depths of 650 to 1000 feet, but they rise to just 130 feet during breeding time. This photographer was lucky enough to capture images of a cluster of them.

Photography: Keigo Kawamura

A school of Rabbitfish swim under a jetty in Indonesia.

Photography: Nicholas More

This photographer merged two images to capture this stunning image of the thorny seahorse.

Photography: Nur Tucker

These lemon shark pups spend the first 5-8 years of their lives in the Bahamas Mangroves.

Photography: Anita Kainrath

A tuna struggles against a fisherman’s net.

Photography: Pasquale Vassallo

A school of uniquely patterned eagle rays passed quietly and majestically under this photographer at the end of a dive.

Photography: Henley Spiers

This photographer captured the engine room of a shipwreck.

Photography: Tobias Friedrich

A panoramic view of an underwater cave in the Maldives displays beautifully colored coral that’s unfortunately at risk of disappearing due to increasing water temperatures.

Photography: Oleg Gaponyuk