Sea tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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 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
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 ink tattoo on the side of the body showing a crescent moon with clouds, sun rays and a wave, in fine line and stippled dotwork.
Moon, sun and wave on the side
Black ink sketch-style tattoo of a lighthouse beside a crescent moon, with rays and rocks, on the outer ankle and lower leg.
Lighthouse and crescent moon on an ankle
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a circular night scene with a moon, a flying figure, clouds, mountains and a sailing ship on water.
Night sky landscape with ship on a calf
Black and grey circular tattoo of a curling wave with dotwork shading, on a forearm.
Hokusai-style wave in a circle on a forearm
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon with stars, small clouds and wavy sea lines on the upper arm.
Moon, clouds and waves on upper arm
Black and grey lighthouse tattoo within a leaf and flower wreath on the thigh, in a traditional engraved style with dotwork water.
Lighthouse in a floral wreath on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a breaking wave inside a circle on the inner wrist, shown in a close photograph.
Breaking wave in a circle on the wrist
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a pocket watch, a sailing ship in rough sea with a tentacle, and a dotwork mandala.
Pocket watch, ship and mandala sleeve
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a lighthouse under a starry night sky, enclosed in a teardrop shape on the forearm.
Lighthouse in a teardrop on a forearm
Black and grey geometric dotwork tattoos on two forearms, showing a sun over mountains and pine trees in one triangle and a moon, clouds and waves in the other.
Matching sun, mountain, moon and wave triangles
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun over clouds and waves in a circle on the forearm, with the scene mirrored below a horizontal split.
Sun, clouds and waves in a circle on a forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a curling wave inside a circle on the forearm, shown against a pale arm and dark sleeve.
Wave in a circle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a curling wave and feathers running along the outer forearm.
Wave and feather on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a whale tail above a man in profile with a moustache, with a bearded man in the waves.
Whale tail and face in the sea on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a stylised Great Wave off Kanagawa inside a circle, with small circles and Mount Fuji, on a forearm.
Great Wave tattoo in a circle on a forearm
Black ink dotwork drawing of an anchor with a circular medallion showing a sun, palm trees and a small island above the sea.
Anchor with palm tree island medallion
Black ink line drawing of a sun with dotwork and rays above geometric mountains and wavy sea lines, all enclosed in a triangle, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Sun, mountains and waves in a triangle
Black ink drawing of a lighthouse inside a circular compass rose, with dotwork and patterned panels, sketched as a tattoo design.
Lighthouse inside a compass rose design
Black and grey tattoo of curling waves, swirling clouds and a stippled sun with rays, on the upper arm, in a linework style.
Waves and rising sun on an upper arm
Black and grey circular tattoo of a crescent moon, stars, waves and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork on the upper back near the shoulder.
Moon, waves and whale tail in a circle on a shoulder
Black dotwork tattoo of a scallop shell with a stippled fan of ridges and a bold outline, on the inner forearm.
Scallop shell on a forearm
Blue and black tattoo of Hokusai's Great Wave inside a golden ratio spiral grid, on the inner forearm.
Great Wave with golden ratio grid on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hazy landscape with a dark island inside a thin circle with a dotted orbit, on a person's shoulder blade.
Stippled landscape in a circle on shoulder
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
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
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
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
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale with its tail raised above a shaded rectangle, placed on the outer thigh.
Whale and dotwork block on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale tail rising from waves, with stippled shading and a bold outline, on the calf.
Whale tail above waves in dotwork
Black ink fine line tattoo of a wave inside a circle on the forearm, with stippled shading on pale skin.
Wave inside a circle on a forearm
Two black ink dotwork drawings of palm trees on a beach scene, sketched on translucent paper beside a fine liner pen, shown as tattoo design artwork.
Dotwork palm trees design drawings
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a lighthouse, stars and clouds inside a bottle, on the upper arm.
Lighthouse in a bottle on an upper arm
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of a large wave in a circle, with dotwork stippling and a small Mount Fuji, on the calf.
Great Wave in a dotwork circle on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a coastal cliff, palm tree and sea inside a triangle on the forearm.
Coastal scene inside a triangle on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a sun with rays, clouds and a curling wave inside a circle, on the inner forearm.
Sun, clouds and wave on a forearm
Black dotwork tattoo of a skeleton holding a staff on a house boat over rolling waves, with five stars above, on a forearm.
Skeleton with staff on a house boat
Fine black dotwork tattoo of a small sailboat with a stippled reflection below it, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Small sailboat with dotted reflection on upper back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a striped lighthouse inside an oval rope frame with waves and a flower, on the forearm.
Lighthouse in rope frame on a forearm
Black and grey sailing ship on rough waves tattooed on the outer thigh, with a dotted line running down to a small anchor, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Sailing ship and anchor on a thigh
Black dotwork drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with bubbles rising from it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Dotwork anchor with rope and rising bubbles