Beach tattoo ideas

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Three raised wrists with gold metallic lettering: bride on the centre wrist and SQUAD with rules on each outer wrist, against a beach backdrop.
Gold bride and squad wrist tattoos
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork mandala tattoos covering a woman's thigh and calf, with a further design on her forearm, while she sits on sand.
Blackwork mandala leg sleeve on sand
Fine black script reading wanderlust on a shoulder, with a rocky beach and sea behind.
Wanderlust script on a shoulder
Woman seen from behind on a beach, with a small brown and gold dreamcatcher tattoo with a mandala centre and hanging feathers on her upper back.
Dreamcatcher with mandala on upper back
Black botanical flower and swirl tattoo on a hip, photographed outdoors on a sunny beach.
Flower and swirl design on a hip
Two wrists with dark blue script lettering reading Best and Friends, each with a small heart, joined by pinky fingers on a sandy beach.
Best Friends wrist lettering on a beach
Reddish-brown henna-style mandala tattoo with lace-like ornamental borders covering the upper and middle back, with a beach at sunset behind.
Mandala design across a woman's back
Woman seen from behind on a beach with gold metallic designs on her upper arms, shoulder and spine.
Gold metallic body art on a beach
Colour realism tattoo of a sunset beach with a palm tree and orange plumeria flowers covering the upper arm.
Sunset palm tree and plumeria on upper arm
Black serif lettering reading 'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past' across a forearm, with a beach and sea behind.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Back view of a woman with a dark bun, showing a bold dark blue dragonfly tattoo with swirled wing detail centred between her shoulder blades.
Dragonfly tattoo on upper back
Woman seen from behind on a sandy beach, with a small black geometric sunburst tattoo between her shoulder blades.
Sunburst tattoo on upper back at the beach
Black and white photo of a small, fine line wave tattoo on the side of a foot near the ankle, with a beaded anklet on sand.
Small wave tattoo on an ankle
Two women seen from behind on a beach, each with a small black cross tattoo on the upper back.
Matching cross tattoos on two backs at the beach
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small mountain range on the ankle of a bare foot standing on a beach.
Small mountain range tattoo on an ankle
Black feather tattoo running from the ankle across the top of a bare foot, with a cord anklet, on sand.
Feather tattoo on an ankle
A person seen from behind on a sandy beach, with a red sunburst on the shoulder and a row of moon phases and a seated Buddha figure across the upper back.
Sunburst, moon phases and Buddha on upper back
Close-up of a tiny black fine line sun tattoo on a woman's back, with a beach and sea in the background.
Small sun tattoo on a back
Two people seen from behind on a beach, each with a black script tattoo reading forever on the lower back, with sand dusted on their skin.
Forever script tattoos on two lower backs
Three raised wrists with gold foil temporary tattoos reading bride tribe in brush script, against a sandy beach and blue sky.
Gold bride tribe script on wrists
Back view of a woman on a beach showing a small black fine line wave tattoo on her left shoulder.
Small wave tattoo on a shoulder
Black ink mandala tattoo with dotwork border on a tanned shoulder, with a beach and sea behind.
Mandala tattoo on a shoulder at the beach
Close-up of a small black fine line wave tattoo on the inner wrist, with a silver wave-shaped bangle and a turquoise sea behind.
Small wave tattoo on a wrist
Woman seen from behind holding an antelope skull, with a gold and silver metallic arrow and triangle design on her upper arm.
Metallic arrow temporary tattoo on upper arm
Woman lying on a towel at the beach, seen from behind, with a small black palm tree tattoo on her upper arm.
Palm tree tattoo on upper arm at the beach
Close view of a woman's lower abdomen at the beach with a small fine line script tattoo reading live love wander, placed above the bikini bottoms.
Small script tattoo on the hip at the beach
Colour tattoo of a dark surfer silhouette carrying a surfboard against an orange sunset and teal sea, on the outer arm.
Surfer silhouette at sunset on an arm
Fine black lettering reading not all those who wander are lost, with two small bird silhouettes, running along the top of a bare foot on a sandy beach.
Quote and birds along a foot
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'this too shall pass' running along the outer edge of a foot on sand, with a pink nail polish visible.
Script quote reading 'this too shall pass' on a foot
Close crop of a woman's lower torso with a black and grey realism style feather tattoo on the lower abdomen, beside a patterned bikini bottom.
Shaded feather on lower abdomen
Woman seen from behind kneeling at the water's edge, with a large blackwork tribal tattoo across her back and arm and red, green and pink colour accents.
Full back tattoo with tribal sleeve at the shore
Fine line black arrow tattoo centred on the upper back of a woman with her hair in a bun, facing the sea.
Small arrow tattoo on upper back
Colour realism tattoo of palm trees on a beach under a red and orange galaxy sky, running across the shoulder and upper arm.
Palm trees, beach and galaxy sky on upper arm
Small black fine line wave tattoo on an ankle, with a bare foot resting on a sandy beach beside clear turquoise water.
Small wave tattoo on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a sunset beach with palm trees, breaking waves and surfboards, with pink hibiscus flowers, covering an upper arm and shoulder.
Sunset beach scene and hibiscus on an upper arm
Black fine line script reading Wanderlust with two small stars on the upper thigh, with a patterned bikini and beach sand in the background.
Wanderlust script with stars on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo on the lower leg of a palm tree, red hibiscus, waves and the words Endless Holiday, with a sailing ship running down the shin, photographed on a beach.
Palm tree and ship on the lower leg
Black and grey Japanese style floral back tattoo on a woman seated on sand, photographed from behind.
Floral back tattoo on a woman on the beach
Black and grey realistic tattoo of two palm trees, hibiscus and plumeria flowers, a distant island and a pale sun on skin.
Palm trees, hibiscus and setting sun
Back of a hand with black mandala-style tattoos over the knuckles and fingers, resting on a bare thigh on a sandy beach.
Mandala tattoos on the hand
Realism tattoo of palm trees silhouetted against a sunset over the sea, wrapping around the forearm and shown from three angles.
Palm trees and sunset on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a glowing moon, silhouetted palm trees and a teal starry sky over a pink and orange beach, across a forearm.
Moon and palm trees beach scene on forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line script tattoo on a woman's ribs, with a tiny star-like tattoo on her upper arm, taken on a sunny beach.
Fine line script tattoo on the ribs at the beach
Gold and silver metallic tattoo of lace and mandala patterns around an ankle and lower leg, with bare feet on sand.
Metallic ankle band on a bare leg
Realism style colour tattoo of palm trees, a wooden boat and turquoise sea on the calf.
Palm tree and boat beach scene on a calf
Small fine line tattoo of short horizontal marks and dots on the back of a person in an orange dress on a sandy beach.
Small line and dot tattoo on the back
Woman seen from behind on a beach with two solid black quotation mark tattoos, one either side of her upper back.
Two quotation marks on upper back
Close view of a small fine line script tattoo on the ankle of a woman standing barefoot in shallow surf on a sandy beach.
Fine line script tattoo on an ankle