Image Credits

We use original photography where we can, and free-licence stock otherwise. Unsplash images are free for commercial use and require no attribution; we list them here anyway, for transparency.

• Author portrait, original (Yannick Schroth).
• Article photos, via Pexels (free licence, no attribution required); we credit photographers here for transparency. All article hero and inline images are real, subject-matched, commercially-licensed photos.
• Experience-roundup photos (Pexels): reef shark by Mohamed Sarim; kitesurfer by Serg Alesenko. Pexels free licence.
• Wikimedia Commons images (Creative Commons): shore-diving photo by Kris Mikael Krister (CC BY 3.0); reef-descent photo by Laszlo Ilyes (CC BY 2.0); nudibranch photo by Greg McFall, NOAA National Ocean Service (public domain). Each is cropped to our hero format, and credited with author, source and licence beneath the image.
• Country visa guides (Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons): Padar Island, Komodo National Park and snorkellers off Flores by Jakub Hałun (CC BY 4.0); Railay, Krabi by Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0); Jandia Beach, Fuerteventura by dronepicr and Playa Mujeres, Lanzarote by Mark (CC BY 2.0); Ericeira by Carlos Eduardo Joos (CC BY 2.0). All cropped to our hero format and credited beneath each image. No share-alike licences were used.
• Watersports insurance matrix (Wikimedia Commons): kitesurfer by Daniel Ramirez (CC BY 2.0), cropped to our hero format and credited beneath the image.
• Brand assets (the NOMADREEF logo and the default social-share image) are original.
• Gear photos (Pexels): dry bag by Enric; plus the buying-guide photographers credited in the Wave 5 and Wave 6 lists below.
• Credited replacements (Pexels): reef & diver by Leonardo Lamas; freediver by Ecrinn Burgazli; manta rays by Emma Li; whale by Sandra Seitamaa; paddleboarder by Lesya Kikh; kitesurfer by Buğdem Yener.
• New-sports photos, Wave 5 (Pexels): whitewater & kayaking by Brett Sayles, Aleksei Mzhachev, Maria Ovchinnikova, Paul Schärf; rafting by Max Brassfield & Hilmi Işılak; river surfing by Monique Buchholz & Nick Gosset; wakeboarding & wakesurfing by Ron Lach, K, Alix Lee, Sergey Savage; open-water & wild swimming by Jay Moon, jose luis Umana, Ivars, SHVETS production, Flo Maderebner; spearfishing & freediving by Jeffry Surianto, Ecrinn Burgazli, Debal Das, Emma Li; sailing & crewing by Eric Planet Olympus, cottonbro studio, Mehmet Ali Turan. All Pexels free licence.
• New-sports photos, Wave 6 (Pexels): foiling & eFoil by Nadejda Bostanova, Harold Granados, Fuka jaz, Serg Alesenko, Bastian Riccardi; bodyboard, bodysurf & skim by MAG Photography, Junery Docto, Kyle Miller, Matheus Lara, Gaspar Zaldo; water fishing by Mikael Dubarry, Dan Hadley, Tom Fisk, Harrison Fitts, Camila Morini, Claudia Schmalz; packrafting by Miguel Cuenca, Alex Moliski; coasteering, canyoning & adventure by Maël Balland, RUN 4 FFWPU, Archie Binamira, Dilek Karakoc, Magic K. All Pexels free licence.

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