Hi! I would like to share some underwater water footage I have captured. I am a complete beginner with using any sort of camera. Now I don't go snorkelling without it. I can't wait to learn more and get better at making my videos smoother. -STILL These Sand Whiting were swimming right by the shore, they were very unfased by people in the water. Captured in Hillarys WA on 08/05/26

Welcome to the very first RTTO Creator Competition inside the Underwater Creator Academy. Theme:“Stories Beneath the Surface” This competition is built around underwater storytelling — the moments, encounters, emotions and experiences that make us feel connected to the ocean. We want to see your creativity. That could mean:• Wildlife encounters• Cinematic underwater moments• Emotional storytelling• Conservation imagery• Adventure• Abstract or artistic interpretations• Human connection with the ocean There are intentionally very few creative restrictions. We want to leave space for your creativity to flow. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📅 IMPORTANT DATES Competition Opens:May 15th Competition Closes:June 30th at 11:59PM AWST Winners Announced:July 3rd via Skool + Instagram ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📸 HOW TO ENTER Upload your entries directly into this competition section. Each submission must include:• Piece Name• Piece Description• Location• Date Captured Unlimited entries are allowed. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏆 PRIZES Premium Members are eligible to win:• 12 Months UCA Premium Access• RTTO Creator Gift Box (Australia)• $100 AUD RTTO Store Credit (International)• Featured Creator Spotlights• Reposts across RTTO + UCA platforms• Future creator opportunities Free Members can still participate and may receive Highly Commended recognition + community features. Please note:Winners must hold an active Premium Membership at the time of judging. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎬 RULES + GUIDELINES • Photo and video submissions are accepted• AI-generated imagery is not permitted• Colour grading/editing is allowed• Minor retouching/removals are allowed• Heavy compositing/manipulation is not permitted• Entries must be your original work• Respect wildlife and natural environments at all times• Images showing unethical wildlife interactions will not be considered• Baited experiences are allowed within reason and must still follow ethical wildlife practices• Shortlisted entries may be asked to provide RAW, TIFF or original files for ownership verification• Entries containing stolen content or misleading edits will be removed

We’re excited to officially launch the RTTO Creator Competitions inside the Underwater Creator Academy. These underwater photo + video competitions are built to celebrate storytelling beneath the surface — from wildlife encounters and cinematic moments to conservation, emotion, adventure and creative ocean storytelling. This isn’t about having the most expensive setup. It’s about creativity, storytelling and creating meaningful underwater imagery. Whether you shoot on a phone, GoPro, mirrorless or full cinema rig — you’re welcome here. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 HOW IT WORKS Competitions are hosted exclusively inside the Underwater Creator Academy’s Skool Community under the “Monthly Competitions” tab. The first competition officially launches May 15th and runs until June 30th. Themes, submission details and official announcements will be released inside the community. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📸 HOW TO ENTER 1. Join the Underwater Creator Academy on Skool (if you are reading this then you are already here!) 2. Head to the “Monthly Competitions” section 3. Upload your submissions When submitting, please include:• Piece Name• Piece Description• Location• Date Captured If your work is shortlisted or placed, you may be asked to provide the RAW, TIFF or original unedited file to verify ownership of the image/video. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏆 MEMBERSHIP + PRIZES Free Community Members: • Can participate • Can receive Highly Commended recognition • Can be featured in showcases Premium Members: • Eligible to win official competition prizes • Receive unlimited entries while subscribed • Gain access to the full UCA platform, lessons, presets, LUTs & creator resources Premium Membership:• $20 USD/month• $199 USD/year Potential prizes may include: • 12 Months Premium UCA Access • RTTO Creator Gift Boxes • RTTO Store Credit • Featured Creator Spotlights • Community Recognition • Reposts across RTTO + UCA platforms • Future creator opportunities Please note: winners must hold an active Premium Membership at the time of judging.

Big things are on the way for UCA Premium Members. Starting soon, we’ll be running monthly competitions exclusively for paying members inside the UCA community. That means if you’re a Premium Member, you’ll have access to monthly prize opportunities as part of your membership. What to expect - Exclusive to Premium Members only - Monthly competitions - Unlimited entries per Premium Member - Prizes to be announced - Prizes will include apparel from Return to the Ocean and more This is something I’m really excited to bring into the community — a way to reward members who are actively learning, creating, and being part of what we’re building here. More details will be shared soon, including prize info, how to enter, and the competition rules. For now, just know this: if you’re a Premium Member, you’ll want to keep an eye on the community. More coming soon.