Wave tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a leaping dolphin with blue and purple shading and green wave splashes on the top of a foot, near the ankle.
Dolphin tattoo on the top of a foot
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
Black and grey Japanese-style wave and cloud tattoo on a forearm, with hands pressed together above a yellow mug on a teal wooden surface.
Black and grey wave tattoo on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of a sailboat above a wavy sea line, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Sailboat on the upper chest
Black fine line tattoo of a beach scene with a sun, clouds, a palm tree and rolling waves on the inner forearm.
Beach scene with palm tree on a forearm
Watercolour-style blue wave tattoo with green and purple splashes wrapping around a forearm, shown in two photos.
Watercolour-style wave on forearm
Fine line black tattoos of a palm tree above a wave on two wrists, plus curved lettering on a forearm, as two people hold hands on sand.
Palm tree and wave tattoos on two wrists
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a single curling wave on the inner wrist and forearm, in dark ink.
Fine line wave on a wrist
Colour tattoo of a cartoon shark wearing a top hat and monocle, with blue waves, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cartoon shark in top hat and monocle on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a battleship among rolling waves and smoke, across the outer forearm.
Battleship at sea on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of purple orchids and a blue hummingbird with teal swirls on the side of a torso.
Hummingbird and orchids with swirls on the side
Black and grey Japanese style koi fish, flowers, clouds and waves covering a full sleeve from shoulder to forearm, shown from two angles.
Koi and waves full sleeve
Colour Japanese style half sleeve tattoo of red koi fish and pink cherry blossoms over a grey swirl, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Koi and cherry blossom half sleeve
Colour tattoo of a trout above waves with the script words Gone Fishin' in Heaven, placed on the left ribs.
Gone Fishin' in Heaven on a rib
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a tree, a wave and a mountain in a row on the heel of a foot.
Tree, wave and mountain on a heel
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a green and blue fish tail curling through black-outlined waves on skin.
Green and blue fish tail with waves
Fine line black tattoo of two wavy lines on the back of a neck, with dark hair and a white collar visible around it.
Two wavy lines on the neck
Two solid black circular tribal designs with spiral motifs and a central wave-like symbol, shown as line art on a white background.
Two circular tribal spiral designs
Black and white photo of a fine line wave tattoo on the upper back of a woman whose hair covers her face, with one hand raised to her head.
Fine line wave on upper back
Fine line black script tattoo reading breathe, with a wave flourish, on the inside of a wrist.
Breathe script with wave on wrist
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
Full body Japanese style tattoo with koi, dragon and lotus motifs across the arms, chest and legs of a seated person against a black background.
Japanese bodysuit with koi and dragon
Woman seen from behind with a colourful Japanese-style phoenix and flower sleeve on her arm and a large tattoo across her thigh.
Japanese phoenix and flower sleeve with thigh tattoo
Colour tattoo of pink plumeria flowers, teal swirls and green leaves with palm trees and a wave along the ribs and side of the torso.
Colourful floral side piece with palm trees
Photograph of four black turtles in a wavy line, with faint swirl shading, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Four turtles in a line on the upper back
Fine line mermaid tattoo with flowing red hair, a shell top and a blue watercolour wash, shown on a limb.
Mermaid with red hair in watercolour wash
Traditional style tattoo of a palm tree, setting sun over hills, birds and a red flower on a forearm, with black outlines and bold colour.
Palm tree sunset and flower on a forearm
Back view of a full back Japanese style tattoo of dragons among red clouds and waves, with colour and grey shading, extending down onto the thighs.
Full back dragon tattoo
Full sleeve Japanese style tattoo of a teal dragon with red accents, swirling waves and pink peonies, shown on an arm from two angles.
Japanese dragon full sleeve
Teal and black Japanese-style wave tattoo on the inner wrist, shown from three angles in a collage with a small grey tattoo on another wrist.
Teal wave tattoo on a wrist
Traditional-style tattoos of a swallow, a ship, an eye and a banner on a man's arm, with a chest script partly visible above a white printed tank top.
Swallow, ship and banner tattoos on an arm
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon child in a red top reading a book, with green ferns and a blue and grey wave beneath.
Child reading on a wave with ferns
Fine black line tattoo of an ECG heartbeat trace with a wave in the middle, placed across the upper chest below the collarbone.
ECG line with a wave on the collarbone
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo bands with scale, chevron, dot and swirl patterns wrapped across a forearm.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos on forearm
Black and grey Japanese-style wave tattoo covering the upper arm, with pale skin showing through the wave crests.
Japanese waves on an arm
Colour tattoo of a moonlit castle on a hill above rippling blue water, with a full moon, stars and a dark silhouette at the top, across the upper arm and shoulder in a bold neo-traditional style.
Moonlit castle night scene on upper arm
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm in Japanese style, with orange, green and red lotus-like motifs, swirling clouds and layered scale patterns.
Colourful ornamental sleeve on 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 fine line geometric tattoo of overlapping circles, arrows, a triangle and a wave-like swirl on the inner forearm.
Geometric circles and arrows on a forearm
Close view of a thin black fine line wave tattoo on the outer forearm of a person wearing a maroon knitted top.
Fine line wave on a forearm
Two matching circle tattoos on a pair of forearms, one showing a dotwork mountain range and the other a dotwork wave in a Japanese-inspired style.
Mountain and wave tattoos on forearms
Black blackwork tattoo of a crescent moon, stars and stylised waves inside a circle, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Moon and waves in a circle on the upper back
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of skulls, lotus flowers and smoke on an upper arm and forearm, shown from three angles.
Skulls and flowers full sleeve
Traditional colour tattoo of a surfer silhouetted against a sunset with palm trees, a wave and a bottle, framed by a rope border and banners reading Somewhere Over The Rainbow, with hibiscus flowers.
Surfer at sunset with hibiscus and banner
Hand-drawn black line sketch of two stacked wave motifs inside rectangular outlines, a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Two line-drawn waves in rectangular frames
Traditional style tattoo of a mermaid with a green tail, framed by red roses and gold scrollwork on a person's chest and upper abdomen.
Mermaid and compass rose on a chest and torso
Purple line drawing of a three-masted sailing ship with full sails cutting through stylised waves, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Sailing ship on waves line drawing
Colour realism tattoo of a great white shark breaching above waves and a second shark with open jaws beneath the surface, on the calf.
Great white sharks on a calf