Sea tattoo ideas

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

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Two women seated on a sandy beach seen from behind, with a gold mandala-style design on the lower back of the woman on the right and small white markings on the other woman's upper arm.
Gold mandala tattoo on a lower back at the beach
Small fine line black outline tattoo of a scallop shell on the side of the ribs, below the arm.
Scallop shell on the side ribs
Traditional tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship with billowing sails, framed by clouds and gulls, with a Sailors Grave banner and red flower across the upper back.
Sailing ship with banner on a back
Colour traditional tattoo on skin showing a red and white lighthouse inside a golden rope heart, with birds, sea, and a pink flower with green leaves below.
Lighthouse in a rope heart with pink flower
Black and grey whale tail tattoo with dotwork shading and fine line waves, placed on the lower leg above a sock.
Whale tail above waves on a lower leg
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an anchor over stippled sea waves and a rising sun, set inside a diamond shape on the upper arm.
Anchor and sea waves in a diamond
Black and grey Japanese-style waves filling a triangle outline, tattooed on the forearm.
Wave-filled triangle on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two palm trees, a distant island and hibiscus and plumeria flowers across the top of a foot.
Palm trees and hibiscus across the foot
Black and grey drawing of a fish with a sailing ship and waves in its body and a skeletal tail, a neo-traditional style tattoo design on paper.
Ship-filled fish with skeleton tail design
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a stippled wave inside an outlined triangle on the side of a thigh.
Wave inside a triangle on a thigh
Black tribal-style sea turtle tattoo with a coloured sunset, palm tree and sea inside its shell, sitting on the upper back.
Sea turtle with sunset and palm tree
A small wave tattoo with black outline and blue shading on the inner wrist, shown freshly done and wrapped in cling film.
Small blue wave on a wrist
Small dark teal whale tattoo on the upper arm, with pink and red hearts rising from its spout against a pale pink background.
Whale and hearts on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and engraved-style sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, showing waves, a figure, a moon and a chain along the lower arm.
Engraved sea and figure upper arm sleeve
Realistic colour tattoo of a lighthouse on rocks beside crashing waves under an orange and red sunset, on a calf.
Lighthouse at sunset on a calf
Black ink swallow in a traditional style flying above a rayed sun and wavy lines, tattooed on the forearm.
Swallow over sun and waves on a forearm
Black line drawing of a symmetrical design with two mermaids, two seahorses, an octopus and leaves, shown as a tattoo flash style illustration.
Mermaids, seahorses and octopus design
Traditional colour tattoo of a palm tree, sunset over the sea and red and blue flowers within gold scrollwork on a leg, shown in a three-panel collage.
Palm tree sunset with scrollwork on a leg
Traditional colour tattoo of a palm tree, red sunset over water and a red flower with green leaves on an upper arm.
Palm tree sunset and flower on upper arm
Dark blue-grey shark fin breaking through a wave tattooed on the heel of a bare foot against a clear blue sky.
Shark fin in a wave on a heel
Circular tattoo on the lower leg showing a blue Japanese-style wave beneath the black lettering I AM THE SEA AND NOBODY OWNS ME.
Wave and quote on a calf
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of stylised waves across the top of a bare foot, with a similar faded tattoo visible on the second foot behind it.
Stylised wave tattoo on a foot
Close photo of a small teal fine line wave tattoo on the inside of a wrist, with a raised fist and a car interior behind.
Teal wave tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall sailing ship under a full moon with dark clouds and a calm sea, on the thigh.
Sailing ship under a full moon on a leg
Hand-drawn orange seahorse with a black outline and a blue wash behind it, with rising bubbles above, on the forearm near the elbow.
Seahorse with bubbles on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a red and grey striped lighthouse above waves and rocks, with an 'On the Rocks' banner, on the upper arm.
Lighthouse with waves and banner on upper arm
Black and white beach photo of a woman with a fine line tree tattoo on her upper back, a golden retriever beside her and a camera in view.
Tree tattoo on upper back at the beach
Black and grey dotwork palm tree tattoo with birds and a sunset over the sea on an upper arm, beside a bold grey cloud outline and coloured tattoo edges.
Palm tree and sunset on an upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a pink flamingo with a flower-trimmed hair bow beside a pineapple, a sunset and sea, inside a rope-edged teardrop frame on a calf.
Flamingo in a rope frame on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white lighthouse with an octopus, teal waves and a yellow flower on a forearm.
Lighthouse and octopus on a forearm
Woman seen from behind on a beach in a black bikini, with a dark linework tattoo across her upper back and shoulder.
Dark linework tattoo on upper back and shoulder
Hand-drawn flash design of three blue and black waves above the cursive word home, drawn on plain paper.
Three waves above cursive script on paper
Two matching traditional tattoos on the ankles, a red and white life ring with rope on the left and a black anchor with script on the right.
Matching anchor and life ring ankle tattoos
Woman in a yoga handstand outdoors with a dark tattoo covering her upper arm and forearm, with the sea behind her.
Woman in a handstand with arm tattoo by the sea
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow, a dagger, a rope-framed seascape and a rose with leaves on an upper arm.
Swallow, dagger and rose on an arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a sailing ship and lighthouse inside a pocket watch frame, with a red flower and black anchor, on a limb.
Ship in a pocket watch with flower and anchor
Line drawing of a sailing ship on paper, with blue, yellow, pink and maroon watercolour splashes behind it, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Sailing ship with watercolour splashes
Black and grey fine line and dotwork sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, showing sailing boats, waves, swirling clouds and a small airliner.
Sailing boats, waves and airliner sleeve
Black ink drawing of a circular mountain and wave design with arrows pointing north, south, east and west, shaded in dotwork, shown on white paper beside two marker pens.
Mountain and wave compass design
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo on the forearm showing a whale tail rising from the sea, with small figures falling beneath a large dark shape in the sky above.
Whale tail and falling figures on a forearm
Black fine line anchor with a heart on one ankle and a palm tree on the other, photographed on sand with the sea behind.
Anchor and palm tree ankle tattoos on a beach
Blue pencil sketch of a mermaid with shells in her hair, a starfish, bubbles, waves and a fish, drawn in a neo-traditional style on cream paper.
Mermaid with shells and fish sketch
Small black fine line sailboat on rough waves on the inner upper arm of a person in a white top.
Small sailboat on waves on an upper arm
Black and grey flash design of a skeletal mermaid holding a skull and a flower, with dotwork sunburst rays and stippled waves inside an oval frame.
Skeletal mermaid with skull and sunburst
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
Four views of a black and grey nautical full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing an octopus, a skull, a ship's wheel and a compass star, placed from the forearm up to the upper arm.
Black and grey nautical full sleeve
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a sun with rays, clouds and a curling wave inside a circle, on the inner forearm.
Sunburst and waves on a forearm
Fine line colour tattoo of a teal swirl and red and orange wavy shapes with a small purple dot on the forearm, with a beach behind.
Colourful swirl tattoo on a forearm