License captivating photos of life beneath the water’s surface: vibrant tropical fish, majestic sea mammals, colorful coral reefs, and more.

Marine Life

Kelsey Smith

United States

South Carolina

A Ocypode quadrata on the beach sand.

Matt Robson

Colorado

A fisherman wearing waders stands in a river and carefully unhooks a small fish over a net.

Brad Booth

Moorea-Maiao

French Polynesia

Windward Islands

A humpback whale swims to the surface as sunlight shines from above

Lily Glass

Columbus

Ohio

A top-down view of several fresh oysters laid out on a metal tray, ready for preparation.

Sam Nuttmann

Hawaii

Underwater organism in a coral reef

GS & Co

An underwater scene with sea life

Zoe Andreas

Gytheio

Greece

Three small fish are illuminated by a sliver of light as they swim in the deep dark water.

Lee Morton

A diver holds a fishing spear with a fish underwater

A split-level view of a tropical paradise, showcasing palm trees on the island above and a coral reef below the clear blue water.

Robin Maeter

Small striped fish swimming with a shark over the seabed

Elia Pellegrini

Italy

Tuscany

Sunbeams shine through the forest canopy to illuminate the rocky bottom of a clear, tranquil pond.

A mother whale and her baby at the surface of the ocean.

Catherine Marois

colorful coral look like flowers underwater on a reef

Jade Stephens

A translucent jellyfish glows with ethereal blue and purple light as it drifts through the dark water.

Jeroen Van Nieuwenhove

Antarctica

A spotted leopard seal rests on a large block of sea ice, peering down into the calm, frigid water of the Arctic.

Florida

Bull sharks swimming with remora fish attached to their bodies

Olivier Romano

Bangkok

Thailand

A close-up shot of several small red fish displayed in a traditional woven bamboo basket at a market.

André Musgrove

The Bahamas

An underwater view from below shows a massive school of yellow-finned fish swimming together in the deep blue ocean.

Grímsey

Iceland

Akureyrarbær

A detailed close-up of an Atlantic puffin holding a mouthful of squid in its colorful beak.

Ryan Borne

Dead fishes piled up outdoors in low key lighting

A lone dolphin breaches the water with a backdrop of majestic, snow-capped mountains.

Gianluca Mortarotti

Japan

Tokyo

Koi fish swimming in water

A large school of striped convict tang fish swim together through a sunlit coral reef in the clear blue ocean.

Namibia

Seals resting on beach sand.

Chaney Zimmerman

Flowing lines in stone shaped like fish fossils surrounded by snow and ice

Constance Mariena

Massachusetts

A series of fish swimming underwater during the day.

An overhead view of a large sea turtle swimming peacefully in the clear turquoise ocean over a sandy sea floor.

Jason Arnold

Fish swimming in ocean water

A person free-dives in the clear blue ocean, swimming alongside a large school of stingrays gliding above the ocean floor.

Julia Bahlsen

Mexico

A majestic giant manta ray glides through the deep blue ocean accompanied by several smaller fish.

A shirtless boy with blonde hair reels in a fish he caught while fishing from a boat on a beautiful tree-lined lake.

Caterina Nasini

Athens

A person wearing a camouflage apron uses a knife to chop the heads off of small fish on a cutting board.

Fabian Schmiedlechner

Noosa North Shore

Australia

Queensland

The white tail fluke of a whale dips into the vast, dark ocean under a warm, hazy sky.

Fish on ice for cooking later

An angler in a baseball cap gently holds a freshly caught trout in a fishing net above the rippling river water.

Daryl Scott Walker

Seal resting on snow, with eyes closed and whiskers visible.

Baltimore

Maryland

A crab fisherman is holding up crabs on a ship

A fish caught on a fishline flops on the edge of a boat docked in the water at a distance from an island

William Runk

A pod of dolphins swimming as sunlight shines from above

Lindsay Kreighbaum

Los Angeles

California

School of fish swimming in the sea during sunny days.

Alex Stead

Greenland

A view of some whales swimming in the ocean.

The silhouette of a majestic manta ray glides gracefully through the deep blue water of the open ocean.

Fiji

An upward underwater view captures two requiem sharks gliding gracefully beneath the sun-dappled surface of the ocean.

Alex Krowiak

Sitka

Alaska

A sea lion resting on a rock while yawning.

TRU COLLECTIVE

different colors of goldfish swim in a pond

Peggy Voir

A single shrimp with a long antenna, positioned against a smooth background.

Galya Samohina

A detailed macro photograph captures the intricate brown and white patterns of a spiral seashell against a plain white background.

Anna Claire Beasley

A view of black tip sharks swimming

Jessica Ebelhar

Fresh fish of different species arranged on a layer of ice.

A school of silver fish with large eyes swims together in the deep blue water of the ocean.

A humpback whale poking its mouth above the water as a man under the surface films it.

Philippe Degroote

Arenal d'en Castell

Spain

Balearic Islands

A scuba diver in full gear explores the rocky ocean floor, looking towards the camera while swimming in the clear blue water.

A stall selling fresh fish outdoors

Julien Jarry

Wyoming

A close-up of a freshly caught brown trout with beautiful spots resting in a fishing net submerged in clear water.

A majestic manta ray with a remora attached to its back gracefully swims through the deep blue ocean with other fish.

Shizuoka

Vibrant red and white koi fish create an abstract motion blur as they swim through dark water.

A close-up of a spotted leopard seal resting its head on a bed of soft white snow.

Underwater view of two humpback whales swimming close together near the ocean surface.

Kelsey Williamson

A vibrant school of blue and yellow fish swims above a sandy ocean floor with dark coral formations.

Christian Sorensen Hansen

a man holds up a large turtle while wading through a lake

School of sharks swim in clear blue water as light shines from above

Daniela Fernandez

Türkiye

A plastic jar filled with freshly caught fish sits below a weathered red 'no fishing' sign on a rusty fence in Istanbul.

An orca swims through the blue ocean as rays of sunlight filter down from the surface.

A massive school of fish swims in unison over a vibrant coral reef in the deep blue ocean.

Chris Schmid

Madagascar

An extreme close-up reveals the detailed, repeating circular patterns on a textured brown surface.

A close-up shot of a fisherman's hand firmly gripping the tail of a large, freshly caught fish with silvery scales.

Llucmajor

A yellow and black spotted moray eel opens its mouth while emerging from its hiding place amongst dark algae on the sea floor.

Cabo Pulmo

Baja California Sur

A breathtaking underwater view looking up at a massive school of fish swimming towards the sunlit ocean surface.

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