Ocean tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic black and grey humpback whale tattoo across the upper back and shoulder blade of a person with their head turned away.
Humpback whale on a upper back
Black and grey realistic shark with open jaws covering a man's back, with swirling ornaments on the shoulders and tattoo sleeves on both arms.
Realistic shark tattoo across a full back
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with a small column of diamond shapes tattooed down her spine, looking over a beach and palm trees.
Diamond column tattoo on a spine overlooking a beach
Fine line black script reading "It is well with my soul" runs vertically down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind on a beach.
Script quote down the spine
Back view of a woman with blonde hair looking out over the sea, with a small black fine line tattoo between her shoulder blades.
Small fine line tattoo on upper back
Realism tattoo of a great white shark with a school of fish in blue water, on a man's back and side, with red coral at the lower edge.
Great white shark and fish tattoo on the back
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a whale tail among curling waves inside a circle, placed on a woman's upper back.
Whale tail in circular waves on upper back
Black and grey sea turtle tattoo with a shaded world map on its shell, placed on the side of a person's lower back.
Sea turtle with world map shell on the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a wrecked sailing ship and a distant ship on rocky water, across a person's upper back.
Shipwreck and sailing ship across a back
Small black fine line wave tattoo on the upper back of a person wearing a blue bra, with a tiled floor and a chair in the background.
Fine line wave on upper back
Black and white photo of a small fine line wave tattoo on a person's upper back, with a curling crest and trailing lines.
Fine line wave tattoo on upper back
Small fine line dolphin tattoo with a pink fill on the lower back, above the waistband of blue jeans, with blue sky and sea behind.
Small dolphin tattoo on lower back
Colour tattoo of a swimming sea turtle with orange plumeria flowers and blue waves, in a Neo-trad style on the upper back.
Sea turtle and plumeria in blue waves
Watercolour-style humpback whale tattoo in pink, green and blue on the upper back, with a pale blue wash suggesting water above it.
Humpback whale on upper back
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
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
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
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
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
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 sea turtle swimming over a blue watercolour-style wash, placed on the back.
Sea turtle swimming on a blue wash