Sea tattoo ideas

574 photos and flash · 21% Fine line, 20% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Full-colour upper arm tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a teal tail, a fish and a trident in a blue underwater scene.
Cartoon mermaid sleeve on upper arm
A sheet of blue line and solid wave designs in a Japanese-influenced style, arranged in rows on a white background.
Sheet of blue wave designs
Realistic black and grey penguin diving head first through blue water and bubbles, tattooed on the calf.
Diving penguin with blue water on a calf
Navy engraved-style drawing of a curling wave with foam and a dark speckled circle on a beige background, a flash design with no body placement shown.
Curling wave with splatter circle
Woman seen from behind on a beach, with a botanical leaf-vine design in gold and silver metallic ink running down her spine and ornamental designs on her upper arms and forearms.
Gold and silver leaf vine down a back
Black outline tattoo of a spotted ray with grey shading and blue bubbles and water lines, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Spotted ray and blue bubbles on the back
Colour tattoo of a lighthouse, sailboat and waves inside a rope-edged heart, with purple flowers and green leaves, in a traditional style on a forearm.
Heart-framed lighthouse and sailboat on a forearm
Green-toned flash design of a large eye whose iris becomes a scaled wave, with a hummingbird, a sailing ship and pale pink blossom on a beige background.
Eye with waves, hummingbird and blossom flash
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sailing ship on rolling waves with a dotted anchor hanging below, on the inner forearm.
Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a stormy sky with lightning, breaking waves and dark fern silhouettes, wrapping around a forearm.
Stormy seascape on a forearm
Black blackwork and dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a mermaid silhouette above a castle, coral and an open shell with a pearl.
Mermaid silhouette and shell on a calf
A woman seen from behind on a beach, raising one arm to show a dark ornamental tattoo on her upper arm and a small tattoo on her lower back.
Arm and back tattoos on a beach
Black fine line tattoo of a sailing ship on rolling waves with a dotted line descending to a small anchor, placed on the inner forearm.
Sailing ship and anchor on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a skull wrapped in octopus tentacles with a ship's anchor behind it, shown as a design on a dark background.
Skull, anchor and tentacles design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with full sails and rigging, placed on the side of the ribs.
Tall ship with billowing sails on the ribs
Black and grey mermaid tattoo on the forearm, with a starfish in her hair, long flowing hair and a scaled tail curling below her.
Mermaid with starfish on a forearm
Black line tattoo of a curling wave with spray dots on the inner forearm, in a fine line style with Japanese-inspired detail.
Curling wave on a forearm
Gold metallic script reading love across a forearm, with turquoise sea and a rock arch behind it.
Gold script love on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a raised hand with a small fine line sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist, set against a nautical chart.
Small sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist
Black ink design of an anchor with a looping line leading to a flock of birds and the script words carry with me the weight of the sea, shown on a white background.
Anchor and birds with script quote
Small black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship above waves, with stippled shading, on the back of a hand.
Sailing ship on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of two sailing ships fighting on rough seas, placed on the side of the ribs.
Two galleons in battle at sea
Traditional-style colour tattoo on the forearm of a cartoon cat in a red bow and eye patch, standing in a galleon with orange sails above green waves.
Cartoon cat pirate on a sailing ship
Blue wave tattoo with a curling crest and spray, shaded in a painterly style across the forearm.
Blue wave tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey flash sheet drawing of a sailing ship on waves, two swallows, an anchor and a telescope, with the script phrase Between the Devil and the deep blue Sea beneath.
Sailing ship, swallows, anchor and telescope flash
Back view of a person with wet dark hair, showing a dark grey world map tattoo on the bare shoulder while looking out over calm turquoise sea.
World map tattoo on a shoulder
Colour tattoo of a mermaid holding a baby, with flowing hair, bubbles and a blue and purple scaled tail, on skin at the side of the torso.
Mermaid cradling a baby in colour
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a sailing ship on rough waves, with a rose beneath it, on an upper arm.
Sailing ship and waves on an upper arm
Full arm sleeve tattoo of hammerhead shark silhouettes swimming over classical ruins in teal, with a torn orange section and a small red creature on the forearm.
Hammerhead sharks over ruins on an arm sleeve
Woman on a sandy beach with silver ornamental mandala-style designs on her forearm and hand, and turquoise rings and bracelets.
Silver mandala designs on forearm and hand at the beach
Black and grey traditional flash design of an hourglass reading TEMPUS FUGIT, with a sailing ship in the top bulb and a skull in the bottom bulb.
Hourglass with skull and ship
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing galleon in heavy seas with crashing waves, wrapping around a forearm.
Galleon and waves on a forearm
Fine line black sailboat tattoo with small waves on the inner wrist of a hand raised above a nautical chart.
Small sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist
Upper arm sleeve tattoo in black and grey shading with a ship wheel, waves and a banner reading of the Sea, with pink flowers and a compass star.
Ship wheel sleeve with banner and flowers
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a sailor's head in a cap inscribed Cherie, with a whale and a sunset sea scene inside the head, in neo-trad style.
Sailor head with whale on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a beach sunset with palm tree silhouettes, birds and a star, in Realism style on the calf.
Beach sunset with palm trees on a calf
Full torso tattoo in neo-traditional style showing an owl with spread wings across the chest, with a compass, sailing ship and woman's portrait on the stomach.
Owl and nautical full torso piece
Small blue sailboat tattoo with wavy lines beneath it, placed on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Sailboat on the inner wrist
Blue and turquoise wave tattoo inside a black outlined circle, centred on a person's back.
Blue wave in a circle on the back
Traditional style tattoo of a palm tree over a red sunset and sea, framed by teal leaves and red flowers, on a forearm.
Palm tree sunset and flowers on a forearm
Fine line silver wave and gold scallop shell temporary tattoos on the inner forearm, above a thin gold band and teal cord bracelets.
Metallic wave and scallop shell on a forearm
Black and grey landscape sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a castle on a rocky headland under a sunburst, with hills and a church above.
Coastal landscape sleeve with castle and sunburst
Back view of both legs with a black and grey woodcut-style tattoo of a sailing ship on the sea beneath clouds and sunrays, running from the thighs to the calves, in a Blackwork style.
Woodcut-style ship scene on both legs
Traditional style flash drawing of a mermaid with shell top and a vintage brass diving helmet diver beside her, framed by a rope border.
Mermaid and diver under the sea
Retro-style flash drawing of a dark-haired mermaid with a teal tail, surrounded by orange fish, pink coral and stylised waves, with no body placement shown.
Vintage mermaid with fish and coral
Blue pen sketch of a sailing ship inside a bottle, with a kraken's tentacles reaching up from the waves beside it.
Ship in a bottle with kraken sketch
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing a kraken's tentacles wrapped around a sailing ship inside a rope-edged oval.
Kraken attacking a sailing ship design
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a red-haired girl riding a blue wave, with a large blue wave shape behind her.
Red-haired girl on a blue wave on an arm