10 Featured Underwater Photos from Sport Diver's September Photo Contest
The September Sport Diver Snapshots Photo Contest featured fantastic photos featuring majestic whale sharks, playful dolphins and so much more. Congrats to our winner Byron Conroy, who took this month's top prize with an impressive snapshot of divers exploring Silfra Cathedral in Iceland.
JOIN THE FUN: Submit Your Best Shot to the October Contest
Here's a look at the winning photo and some of the shots that also blew us away this month.
FIRST PLACE WINNING PHOTO

Byron ConroySilfra Cathedral in Iceland
Provided Caption: Silfra, Iceland. 100m visibility between the Tectonic plates of North America and Eurasia
HONORABLE MENTIONS

Jason WashingtonA freediver in front of a school of silversides
Provided Caption: A freediver passes through a tunnel filled with silversides and natural light.

Natalie BondarenkoA diver approaches a whale shark
Provided Caption: Whale shark and diver at East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Mikhail RudenkoViper Moray eel (Enchelynassa canina)
Provided Caption: This is the most evil-looking eel, the rumor has it that this eel inspired the Alien. A rare sighting in Hawaii, these eels are nocturnal hunters, they rest in caverns and under ledges during the day. Equipment: SONY NEX-6 with 16-50mm lens Nauticam housing Sea&Sea YS-D2 Settings: ISO 200, F14, 1/100 Location: Wash Rock, Lanai, Hawaii

Jeff DavisThe Kittiwake
Provided Caption: There is nothing more satisfying than rolling up on something that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck underwater. That rush of adrenaline and special feeling of experiencing something so intimate is intrinsic to scuba diving in my mind. Shooting the ghostly image of the Ex USS Kittiwake certainly made me feel both excited an uneasy at the same time.

Kirk WesterSarcastic Fringehead
Provided Caption: Photo taken at Veterans Park Redondo Beach California

Scott FarrDolphins playing in the Red Sea
Provided Caption: Red Sea 2017

Michael DodgeA banded coral shrimp
Photo Caption: Banded Coral Shrimp in St. Lucia taken with a SeaLife DC2000

Paula HermanGoliath grouper in Florida
Provided Caption: While diving the Ana Cecelia wreck in Riviera, FL we encountered this beauties in their yearly annual mating aggregation.

Ray FaithTurtle time in Grand Cayman
Provided Caption: Turtle hanging out on a coral head in Little Cayman