Ocean tattoo ideas

186 photos and flash · 24% Realism, 24% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black and grey Japanese-style waves filling a triangle outline, tattooed on the forearm.
Wave-filled triangle on a forearm
Small black fine line wave tattoo on the upper back near the shoulder of a woman with blonde hair standing on a beach.
Fine line wave tattoo on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork sea turtle tattoo swimming across the outer thigh, with stippled shading on the shell and flippers.
Sea turtle tattoo on the thigh
Black tribal-style design of a leaping orca with swirling wave patterns on a white background.
Tribal orca leaping through waves
Black and grey photograph of a back and arms covered in an antique world map tattoo, with globe-like hemispheres over the shoulders and engraved continents across the back.
Antique world map tattoo across back and arms
Blue and grey Great Wave tattoo in Japanese style on a woman's upper back, near the shoulder blade, with her hair falling over one side.
Great Wave tattoo on upper back
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle in teal, green and brown with orange-red flippers, placed on the upper chest.
Sea turtle tattoo on upper chest
Blue and black wave tattoo running along the inside of a forearm, with stacked bangles on the wrist.
Blue wave on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork seascape inside a diamond outline on a forearm, showing palm trees on a rocky island, breaking waves and a seated surfer.
Seascape with palm trees in a diamond on a forearm
Black script lettering tattoo on the upper arm reading 'our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean'.
Quote about a wave and the ocean on the upper arm
Black and grey tattoos on a woman's forearm, including a skull with ornate wings, a crescent moon and geometric shapes, with a small tattoo on her ankle as she sits on rocks by the sea.
Forearm tattoos of a skull and geometric shapes
Colour realism tattoo of a shark, jellyfish, sea turtle and coral on the side of the ribs, with a quote in lettering above.
Underwater scene with sea turtle and jellyfish on ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a palm tree beside a curling wave over a calm sea, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Palm tree and wave on the upper back
Pen and pencil drawing of two orcas swimming head to tail, with their backs and fins filled in swirling black linework.
Two orcas in swirling fine-line pattern
Full-colour realistic tattoo on a person's upper back showing an underwater reef with fish, coral and a starfish within a torn-skin effect.
Underwater reef torn through skin on a back
Black outline tattoo of an animal-like shape across the top of a bare foot on sand, with the sea behind.
Black outline tattoo on a foot at the beach
Black and grey fine line tattoo of three hammerhead sharks swimming in a row across the side of the ribs.
Hammerhead sharks swimming along the ribs
Black ink flash design of hatched ocean waves rising beneath a open sky, enclosed in a thick circular outline, with no body placement shown.
Hatched ocean waves in a circle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing pirate ship with a skull and crossbones on its sail, shown on a forearm from three angles.
Pirate ship with skull sail on a forearm
Four views of a full sleeve tattoo in realistic colour showing sharks, a diver, a manta ray and coral on the upper arm and forearm.
Underwater full sleeve with sharks and a diver
Woman seen from behind on a beach with a small fine line wave tattoo on her upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Small wave tattoo on upper back
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading I am the ocean on the inner forearm.
Script quote on an inner forearm
Black and grey blackwork jellyfish tattoo with dotted bell and long trailing tentacles on the upper arm.
Jellyfish tattoo on upper arm
Japanese style Great Wave tattoo in teal and blue with grey shading, placed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Great Wave tattoo on upper back
Fine line handwritten script reading palm trees, ocean breeze, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Palm trees, ocean breeze script
Colour realism tattoo of two overlapping starfish, one red and one pale pink, with shaded edges, on the ankle.
Two starfish on a lower leg
Realism-style colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing palm trees, a starry galaxy sky in red and orange, and a beach boardwalk leading to the sea.
Palm trees and galaxy sunset on upper arm
Black script lettering on an arm reads 'Our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean', in a lettering style.
Wave quote lettering on an arm
Colour tattoo of a yin and yang design on a shoulder blade, with pine trees and exposed roots on one side and teal ocean waves on the other.
Yin yang with pine forest and ocean waves
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle swimming against a teal and blue ocean background, on the upper back.
Realistic sea turtle tattoo on skin
Realistic colour tattoo of a red jellyfish over a blue underwater scene, running across an upper arm and down towards the elbow.
Realistic jellyfish sleeve on upper arm
Realistic forearm tattoo of grey clouds and a mountain above blue water with hammerhead shark silhouettes.
Hammerhead sharks and clouds on a forearm
Large world map tattoo on the side of a torso, shown as aged parchment with scorched ochre edges, dark outlined continents and pale country borders.
World map tattoo on the ribs
Colourful jellyfish tattoo on a forearm, with a red bell, long trailing tentacles and a teal watercolour-style background.
Red jellyfish on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a world map with two compass roses and dashed route lines, across the forearm.
World map with compass roses on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a sea turtle swimming over a blue watercolour-style wash, placed on the back.
Sea turtle swimming on a blue wash
Blue watercolour-style world map tattoo on the inner forearm, with the continents left as bare skin.
World map tattoo on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of two adult orcas and a smaller orca against a teal watercolour sea, on the lower leg.
Orcas swimming in a teal ocean on a lower leg
Colour realism tattoo of a sunset beach with palm trees and plumeria flowers across the upper arm.
Sunset beach and palm trees on an upper arm
Colour Japanese-style wave tattoo in shades of blue with white foam on the inner forearm.
Blue wave on a forearm
Colour tattoo of sea turtles swimming over coral on an upper arm, with sunlight rays shining through blue water above.
Sea turtles and coral on an upper arm
Simple black outline tattoo of three sea turtles swimming up with bubbles around them, on the ankle and lower leg.
Three sea turtles with bubbles on an ankle