Sea tattoo ideas

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

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Gold metallic script reading love across a forearm, with turquoise sea and a rock arch behind it.
Gold script love on a forearm
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
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
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
Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo on a person's upper back, a quote in typewriter-style text reading Even the moon, master of the sea, illuminator of the night, has her craters.
Moon quote lettering on upper back
Black line drawing of a curling wave flowing into the script words 'into the sea', a fine line lettering tattoo design on a white background.
Wave swirl with 'into the sea' script
Black script lettering tattooed in several lines along a woman's side and ribs, with her hand resting on her arm and skin glistening with water.
Cursive script lines along the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of an anchor with the words 'a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor' on a forearm, in a black and white photo.
Anchor and sailor quote on a forearm
Two wrists held together against a beach backdrop, each with a black lettering tattoo of the Roman numerals VIII IV XII.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Fine black script reading wanderlust on a shoulder, with a rocky beach and sea behind.
Wanderlust script on a shoulder
Black and grey flash design of a three-masted pirate ship with a skull flag, surrounded by pirate-themed lettering and a shark.
Pirate ship with lettering flash design
Two wrists with dark blue script lettering reading Best and Friends, each with a small heart, joined by pinky fingers on a sandy beach.
Best Friends wrist lettering on a beach
Close view of a woman's lower abdomen at the beach with a small fine line script tattoo reading live love wander, placed above the bikini bottoms.
Small script tattoo on the hip at the beach
Navy line drawing of a bearded sailor in a striped top and cap, with tattooed arms, anchor and rope, and the lettering A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
Sailor flash with smooth sea lettering
Black ink line drawing of a three-masted ship on hatched waves with a dotted line to an anchor, above the script words Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors, on crumpled paper.
Ship, waves and anchor with script quote
Black ink lettering reading adventure on a forearm, which holds a camera on a selfie stick above a rocky sea coastline.
Adventure lettering on a forearm
Close view of a small fine line script tattoo on the ankle of a woman standing barefoot in shallow surf on a sandy beach.
Fine line script tattoo on an ankle
Black and white ink drawing of a large letter S, its strokes formed from flowing flame-like lines and ocean waves with foam crests.
Wave and flame letter S design
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
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 line flash design of an anchor with a small heart at its base, with the script words 'A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.' written above and below it.
Anchor with heart and sailor quote
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design with a ship's wheel enclosing a sailing ship, a flower below, and the words DARLIN IM NOT above and COMIN HOME below.
Ship's wheel and flower sketch with lettering
Nautical flash design of white lettering on a navy background, with a crossed anchor, lifebuoy, flags and banners in a traditional style.
Nautical lettering with anchor and lifebuoy
Black fine line script tattoo reading Wanderlust with a swash line across the top of a foot, placed near the ankle on sand by the sea.
Wanderlust script tattoo on a foot
Fine line black script reading wanderlust, running diagonally along the inner upper limb of a person in a patterned top, with the sea and rocks behind.
Wanderlust script tattoo
Black script lettering reading Love on the side of a woman's neck, photographed from behind with the sea and a small island in the background.
Script love lettering on the neck
Black and grey Roman numeral lettering reading VIII IV XII on two wrists, with two pairs of hands clasped in front of the sea.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Shaded grey and green mermaid silhouette on a rock before a pale moon, with the words somewhere beyond my wildest dreams in script on the upper back.
Mermaid on a rock with script quote on upper back
Black ink pen drawing of a sailing ship on rough waves with a dangling anchor and the script words a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor, on white paper.
Sailing ship and anchor with quote
Black and white photo of two hands held together, each wrist bearing a fine black Roman numeral tattoo reading VIII IV XII, with the sea behind.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
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
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
Hand-drawn black line sketch of an anchor rising from curling waves, with the Latin lettering fluctuat nec mergitur along the lower wave, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Anchor and waves design with Latin lettering
Black ink hand-lettered design reading 'A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor' on aged, sepia paper, with decorative flourishes above the text.
Hand-lettered sailing quote on aged paper
Black fine line tattoo of the word ohana in script, with a sun, sea horizon and palm tree above, on a person's ankle.
Ohana script with palm and sunset on an ankle
Forearm tattoo of Alaska's black outline filled with a green and yellow landscape, with the words 'That which the sea breaks against' in black lettering below.
Alaska silhouette with landscape and quote on forearm
Two pairs of hands held palm up on a beach show matching black fine serif Roman numeral lettering tattoos reading VIII IV XII on the inner wrists.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading "to the sea" on the left side of a ribcage, below the upper arm.
"to the sea" script on the ribs
Shaded tattoo on an upper arm showing a VW campervan, a palm tree and a Route 66 sign over a California state outline, with script lettering reading California.
California campervan and palm tree on upper arm
Fine line black script tattoo reading 'to the sea' with a small wave flourish on the side of the torso, above the waistband of underwear.
To the sea script with a wave on the side
Teal line drawing in a traditional nautical style showing a sailing ship, waves and an anchor wrapped in rope, with a banner reading I am the captain of my soul.
Sailing ship and anchor banner design