Sea tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white lighthouse with a sunburst, seagulls and roses on a forearm.
Lighthouse and roses on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a palm tree on a grey island above a red sun setting over water, on a forearm.
Palm tree island sunset on a forearm
Black and grey wine glass tattoo on a forearm, its bowl filled with a curling wave and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork style.
Wine glass with wave on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese-style wave tattoo with fine linework and dotwork shading on the inner arm.
Great wave tattoo with dotwork shading
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white striped lighthouse with lightning bolts and waves on a man's upper arm, with a skull and nautical elements nearby.
Lighthouse and lightning sleeve on an arm
Colourful traditional butterfly tattoo on an upper arm, with a lighthouse, sunset, sailing ship and flowers in its wings.
Traditional butterfly with lighthouse and ship
Colour tattoo of black palm trees against a blue, orange and red sunset sky, covering the upper arm and shoulder in a realistic style.
Palm trees at sunset on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of a wave inside a circle on the inner forearm of a pale-skinned arm.
Small wave in a circle on a forearm
Two small gold palm tree designs on the calves of bare legs, photographed from behind on a sandy beach at sunset with a pineapple beside them.
Gold palm tree tattoos on calves
Traditional flash drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with grey sails and a red pennant, set in a rope oval with grey clouds, a red sun and blue waves.
Sailing ship in a rope frame with setting sun
Black and grey realism style tattoo of two palm trees, a moon over a sea horizon and hibiscus flowers with leaves.
Palm trees and hibiscus flowers
Black dotwork and linework tattoo of a sailing ship on waves inside a circle with clouds and birds, on the upper arm.
Sailing ship in a dotwork circle
Colourful fine line tattoo of a compass rose and sailboat on the side of a ribcage, with a watercolour style orange sky and blue sea.
Compass rose and sailboat on the ribs
Flash design of three blue dolphins arcing together in a tight group, shaded in blue with white highlights on a white background.
Three blue dolphins leaping
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a brass diving helmet surrounded by pink and green coral, bubbles and palm fronds on a forearm.
Diving helmet and coral on an arm
Colour tattoo of a sailing ship, red sun, waves and an octopus across the side of a torso and upper thigh, in a Japanese and traditional style.
Sailing ship and octopus side piece
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
Black fine line script tattoo reading A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, with small birds beside it, on the side of a ribcage.
Script quote and birds on ribs
White line drawing of a whale tail fluke on a dark navy background, with mountains, waves and a whale scene filling its shape, shown as a design with no body placement.
Whale tail filled with mountains and sea
A woman with a small black script tattoo and a coloured design on her forearm, with cliffs and the sea behind her.
Forearm tattoos above a sea cove
Black fine line palm tree tattoo running up a forearm, with a beach and sea behind a person holding a teal towel.
Palm tree tattoo on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of three connected waves on a person's lower abdomen, just above the waistband of light blue denim jeans.
Three fine line waves on the lower abdomen
A woman with long wavy blonde hair sits on a wooden jetty with a dark black and grey tattoo covering her arm from the upper arm to the wrist.
Dark tattoo on a bare arm on a dock
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a lighthouse on rocks inside an oval laurel frame, placed across a person's upper back.
Lighthouse in an oval frame on a back
Fine line chevron tattoos sit between the shoulder blades of a woman on a sandy beach, with a gold necklace and a crochet bikini top.
Chevron tattoos on a sunlit back
Fine line black tattoo of a single unbroken wave crossing the forearm.
Single line wave on a forearm
Woman seen from behind on a sunny beach with silver metallic scale, eye and feather designs on her upper arm and back.
Silver metallic scale and feather tattoos
Black traditional-style swallow flying over waves and a sun, printed as a graphic on a grey vest top against a teal wooden background.
Traditional swallow over waves design
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 grey blackwork tattoo of mountains above rippling sea inside a circle, placed on the lower leg.
Mountains and sea in a circle on a leg
Two small black fine line crescent moon tattoos on the inner wrists of a person with dark nail polish, with the sea and rocks behind.
Small crescent moon tattoos on both wrists
Black and grey tattoo of a striped lighthouse surrounded by swirling clouds and waves, covering a forearm.
Lighthouse and clouds on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of two humpback whales swimming past coral on the forearm, with soft smoky shading behind them.
Humpback whales and coral on a forearm
Black and grey Viking chest and arm sleeves, with two longships and tattooed portraits in the sails above a large Thor's hammer on the stomach.
Viking ships and Thor's hammer chest piece
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart on a forearm, with stormy waves, clouds and a small house drawn inside the heart.
Anatomical heart with waves and a house
Traditional style tattoo of a palm tree, red setting sun and hibiscus-like flowers on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Palm tree and sunset on a forearm
Loose blue watercolour and black ink drawing of a curling wave on white paper, with splattered ink dots around it.
Blue ink and watercolour wave
Black and grey sleeve tattoo of a ship's wheel, waves, clouds and script reading 'of the Sea', with pink flowers, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Ship's wheel and sea sleeve on an upper arm
Solid black palm tree silhouette tattoo on the back of a calf, photographed on a sandy beach with the sea behind.
Palm tree tattoo on a calf
Black dotwork and linework tattoo on a forearm showing a sailing ship and a wave rising out of a pint glass, with a small cloud above.
Ship and wave in a pint glass on a forearm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of two sailing ships on churning water beside a rocky outcrop, spanning a person's back.
Sailing ships and rocks across a back
Coloured traditional-style flash drawing of a red and white striped lighthouse framed by a rope border, with a red flower at the top and an anchor at the bottom.
Traditional lighthouse and anchor flash design
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a man's back with a sailing ship on rough waves, a bearded face in the sea spray, an underwater scene and a temple, with tentacles on the upper arms.
Full back sailing ship and sea scene tattoo
Small black fine line tattoo of a sailboat on waves, placed on the inner wrist of a hand raised in front of a nautical chart.
Tiny sailboat tattoo on the wrist
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo on a thigh showing a mermaid on a rock beneath a large glowing full moon, with a blue underwater scene of fish and coral below.
Mermaid under a full moon on a thigh
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a bold sunburst with rays above a shaded mountain and rolling waves, in a realistic style.
Sunrise over mountains and sea on a forearm
Black cursive script lettering tattooed on the top of a foot near the ankle, with waves breaking on sand behind it.
Cursive script tattoo on a foot at the beach
Black and white photograph of a fine line wave tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Small wave tattoo on the inner wrist