Underwater rugby player in action during a championship match
Team advancing toward the buoy during an underwater rugby match
Contest for the ball at the bottom of the pool
Championship atmosphere on the pool deck

DUGONG PHOTO — UNDERWATER RUGBY PHOTOGRAPHY THE GAME,
SEEN FROM
INSIDE THE
WATER

Photographer and active underwater rugby player. I cover championships from inside the pool, camera and fins on at the same time — an angle almost no one else can offer.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

WHERE TO FIND ME

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THE APPROACH

Every tournament has its own rhythm underwater: the ball's advance, the block, the rise to the buoy. I've spent years competing in that rhythm before ever picking up a camera to shoot it, and that changes what I'm able to capture.

PORTFOLIO

A selection of work covering underwater rugby, both in and out of the water.

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ABOUT

ABOUT DUGONG PHOTO

I've been an underwater rugby player since 2014. I discovered the sport in Barcelona, and from the first session I knew I'd found where I belonged. Since then I've gotten to know the underwater rugby community across the world, competing in World Championships, European Championships, the Champions Cup, the Open League, the Euroleague, and various open tournaments throughout Europe.

I picked up underwater photography a couple of years ago, starting with Spain's national events — the Spanish Championship by Clubs (CERSC) and by Autonomous Regions (CERSA). I dive with the same camera I compete with: I can read the play before it happens, because I've played it hundreds of times. That's what separates a generic action shot from one that actually tells you what's happening in the pool.

Today I combine both roles — player and photographer — at every event I cover, and I'm taking this work to international tournaments.

"I don't photograph the sport from the outside. I photograph it from where it's played."

Portrait of the photographer in underwater rugby gear
THE BRAND

THE BRAND — WHY DUGONG

The dugong — often called the "sea cow" — is one of the ocean's most quietly fascinating creatures, and the reason behind this brand's name.

Dugongs move with calculated slowness to conserve oxygen, gliding through weightlessness in near-total silence. It's the same discipline every freediver learns before raising a camera: patience, controlled breath, and the restraint to observe before capturing. A dugong doesn't chase its environment — it moves with it. That's the same principle behind every photograph taken here.

They live in shallow coastal waters where light still reaches the seafloor, the same in-between zone where this kind of photography happens — close enough to see, far enough to require stillness and respect.

There's also a quieter layer to the name. Dugongs belong to the order Sirenia — the origin of ancient sailors' myths about sirens, creatures glimpsed from a distance and turned into legend. That's not far from what underwater photography does: it takes something real, submerged, rarely seen, and turns it into image.

The dugong isn't a mascot. It's a way of working — patient, silent, observant. That's what this brand is built on.

PORTFOLIO

Coverage of underwater rugby championships, organized event by event — most recent first.

Every image is available under a usage license — reach out if you'd like to use one.

CONTACT

CONTACT

Organizing a tournament, or representing a club or federation? Let's talk about covering your event.

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