Wave tattoo ideas

1,081 photos and flash · 24% Japanese, 20% Fine line · Forearm most common

What will it cost? Try the tattoo cost calculator
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
A single thin black line drawn on a plain white background, forming a simple curling wave, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body part visible.
Minimal wave line design
Black and white photo of a thin single-line swirl tattoo curling across the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line swirl on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of mountains, radiating sun rays, clouds and rolling waves in a circular frame on a forearm.
Mountains, sunburst and waves on a forearm
Fine line black script reading let it be, swept up by a wave curve, on the ankle and foot of a bare foot standing on a wooden boardwalk.
Let it be script with wave on an ankle
Black-ink sailing ship tattoo with a banner on the inner wrist and forearm, in a fine line style, while another person holds the wearer's hand.
Sailing ship on a wrist
Fine line tattoo of two black wavy lines on the side of a finger, against a pale blue background.
Two wavy lines on a finger
Black ink flash design of hatched ocean waves rising beneath a open sky, enclosed in a thick circular outline, with no body placement shown.
Hatched ocean waves in a circle
Small black fine line wave tattoo on the side of a foot near the ankle.
Small wave on the side of a foot
Woman seen from behind on a beach with a small fine line wave tattoo on her upper back, between the shoulder blades.
Small wave tattoo on upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo on the inner forearm, split into two bands with a mountain, sun and sunflower above and a sunflower, waves, stars and crescent moon below.
Mountain, sunflower and moon forearm bands
Close view of a person's ankles in iridescent platform lace-up boots, showing black fine line tattoos on the left ankle and a thin line tattoo encircling the right ankle.
Fine line ankle tattoos above iridescent boots
Single-needle black fine-line tattoo of flowing, abstract curves on a wrist, with a braided string bracelet visible below it.
Fine line flowing tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey palm tree tattoo with the word island beneath it on one forearm, and a thin fine line wave on the other forearm, with both palms facing up.
Palm tree and wave forearm tattoos
Two fine line black tattoos on inner forearms, a small arrow on one arm and a bow on the other, with hands clasped on a beach.
Arrow and bow tattoos on forearms
Black line drawing of a mermaid with long wavy hair and a curling fish tail, shown as a tattoo design on white with no body part visible.
Mermaid with flowing hair line drawing
Black and grey fine line tattoo of stacked wavy lines in a rectangle on the upper back of a woman wearing a red open-back top.
Wave line tattoo on upper back
Fine line and dotwork koi fish tattoo in teal, grey and pink across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Two koi fish on the upper back
Black fine line tattoo on an ankle and foot, showing a sweeping wavy line rising up the leg and a small outlined animal figure near the ankle bone.
Black line wave and small cat on an ankle
Black ink fine line tattoo of palm trees above a curling wave, across the upper back of a person wearing a pink string bikini top.
Palm trees and wave across a back
Black ink line drawing of a mermaid with a long, flowing tail curling upwards past rising bubbles, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement.
Mermaid tail with rising bubbles line drawing
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
Three photographs of a small black fine line wave tattoo on the wrist or forearm, shown against the sea, on pale skin and on darker skin.
Small wave tattoos on the wrist
Black and white photo of a small fine-line tattoo of a wave with jagged peaks on the side of the ribs, partly covered by loose white fabric.
Small fine line wave on the ribs
Small fine line sailboat tattoo with three birds above and light blue water below, sitting on the ankle.
Sailboat tattoo on ankle
Black and grey fine line and dotwork geometric tattoo on the inner forearm, showing overlapping circles, a triangle, dotted lines and a shaded wave inside a circle.
Geometric circles and triangle on a forearm