Wave Collection

Sunrise at Catherine Hill Bay beach with silhouette of old pier

Sunset at Cape Nelson
Cape Nelson lighthouse at sunset, Portland, Victoria, Australia

Pentire Point, Polzeath, Cornwall, England, UK

Portland Dorset Waves

Bondi Beach Coastal Walk
Bondi Beach at Sydney, Australia

Plenty of good fish in the sea. Pen-and-ink drawing, by Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944)
GIBSON: BATHER, 1902. Plenty of good fish in the sea. Pen-and-ink drawing, by Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944)

Waves breaking on the beach at Mellon Udrigle, with Beinn Ghobhlach mountain in background, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK. January, 2022

Dreadful Wreck of the Mexico on Hempstead Beach, January 2nd, 1837, 1848-56...As Now Exhibiting at Haningtons Dioramas...115 Souls Perished in All

The Great Wave off Kanagawa (c. 1830-1833). This woodblock print is by the Japanese artist Hokusai

Rough seas at d'Ar-Men lighthouse during Storm Ruth, Ile de Sein, Armorique Regional Park. Iles du Ponant, Finistere, Brittany, France, Iroise Sea. 8th February 2014

Clevedon Pier N071847
CLEVEDON PIER, North Somerset. General view of the pier taken from the beach

Bells Beach along the Great Ocean road, Victoria, Australia, South Pacific
A beautiful view of Bells Beach by a jetty footpath near Torquay along Great Ocean Road at sunrise, Victoria, Australia, South Pacific

Bar built in cliff caves, Cova d en Xoroi in evening, Cala en Porter, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Picture No. 11981471
Hartland Quay - Devon - UK Date:

Sturgeon Bay Lighthouse Door County Wisconsin
USA Wisconsin Door County Sturgeon Bay North Pierhead Ship Canal Lighthouse. Door County, Wisconsin

Whitehaven Beach on the east coast, Whitsunday Island, Queensland, Australia

Whitby, 1824. Artist: JMW Turner
Whitby, 1824. From the Tate Gallery, London

Long Live Estonia! A patriotic postcard, featuring a female personification of the State of Estonia, waving the Estonian Flag before a night sky. Date: circa 1920

Looking south along Saunton Sands and Braunton Burrows near Barnstaple, North Devon, England, UK

Manchesters last tram on its farewell journey, heading for the Depot. A group of people wave from the pavement. Date: 1949

VE day. Winston churchill with the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. 8 May 1945

England, Northumberland, Newbiggin by the sea. Coal dust revealed by a retreating wave on the Newbiggin by the sea beach

England, Tyne and Wear, Whitley Bay. Incoming tide engulfs the causeway linking St Marys Island & lifehouse to the mainland

Sunrise, Alnmouth Beach, Alnmouth, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Barrel in the surf along the Eyre Peninsulas West Coast of South Australia

THE HONEYMOONERS, c1955. Left to right: Cast members Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, and Joyce Randolph in a publicity photograph for the television series The Honeymooners, c1955

PWA Windsurfing Cabo Verde 2009
Josh Angulo carves up the section at Punta Preta

Water drop impact, high speed photograph
Water drop impact. High-speed photograph of a water drop impacting on a pool of water, showing secondary drop formation

The Cliffs of Moher, County Clare (Co. Clare), Munster, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

Beach huts, Southwold, Suffolk, England, UK, Europe

Mullion Cove, Cornwall, England, UK, Europe

Manly Beach, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

10CC, music group, pictured at Manchester Airport. Picture shows members... Left to right: Lol Creme, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Graham Gouldman

Landscape: Moeraki boulders at sunset, Otago peninsula, New Zealand
Moeraki boulders at sunset, Otago peninsula, New Zealand

Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel
Burgh Island is a small tidal island on the coast of South Devon. There are several buildings on the island, the largest being the Art Deco Burgh Island Hotel

Heisler Park in Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, United States of America, North America

Female Barber Shaving
A female barber with a Marcel wave hairstyle holds down her client as she gives him a close shave, with a cut-throat razor!

Saltburn Pier N100019
SALTBURN PIER, North Yorkshire. View down onto the pier from the clifftop. Unusual patterns in the sea on a frosty winter dawn

The Giants Causeway, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Merlins Cave K900465
TINTAGEL CASTLE, Cornwall. The sea entering Merlins Cave

Shoeburyness Fisherman Hailing a Whitstable Hoy, aka The Pilot Boat, and The Red Cap, c1809. Painting on display at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Grand Haven South Pier Lighthouse at sunrise on Lake Michigan, Ottawa County, Grand Haven, Michigan

PWA Windsurfing Maui 2013
Mussolini hits it

Portreath - wave breaks over pier in storm - Cornwall - UK
DAC-106 Portreath - wave breaks over pier in storm Cornwall - UK David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

PWA Windsurfing Sylt 2009
Kauli Seadi goes backlooping above an evil shoredump

Giants Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Causeway Coast, Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

Meoto-Iwa (Wedded Rocks), two rocks considered to be male and female and joined in matrimony by shimenawa (sacred ropes), renewed in a special festival each year, Futami, Ise-Shima, Chubu

WW2 - Flower-Class Corvette in heavy seas - Atlantic Convoy
WW2 - Weather hazards which the convoy escorts in the Atlantic Ocean have to face in Winter - a Flower-Class Corvette, of 930 tonnes, being thrown high out of the water by a heavy sea. Date: 1943

WHALING SHIP, 1924. The Wanderer, the last full-rigged whaling ship to sail from New Bedford, Massachusetts, lies wrecked on the rocks off Cuttyhunk Island, near Cape Cod, 26 August 1924

The Railway Children (1970)
Gary Warren, Jenny Agutter and Sally Thomsett all wave handkerchiefs during the filming of The Railway Children directed by Lionel Jeffries

Cardinal Richelieu at the Siege of La Rochelle, 1628 (early 20th century). Armand Jean Duplessis, Duc de Richelieu (1585-1642), French prelate and statesman

Sunrise at Tacking Point Lighthouse
Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia

milkyway bridge

Grange Jetty Sunset, Adelaide, South Australia
Sunset at Grange Jetty, Adelaide, South Australia

BOAC Comet
The BOAC Comet taxiing onto the runaway at London Airport. The Comet, which will fly to Johannesburg, will be the worlds first jet passenger service. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

Bigbury on Sea, Bigbury, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Butt of Lewis lighthouse, Port Nis / Port of Ness, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March, 2015

Sand and surf at Lumahai Beach, Island of Kauai, Hawaii USA
Sand and surf at Lumahai Beach, Island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA

Ocean sunrise
Sunrise at Warriewood beach, Northern beaches, Sydney NSW Australia

Sunrise at Catherine Hill Bay beach
View of pier with sunrise at Catherine Hill Bay beach, Central Coast, NSW Australia. f

Portbradden, Antrim Coast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe, PublicGround

USA, Drowning girl
Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), Drowning Girl, 1963, oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 171, 6 x 169, 5 cm

Looking across Embleton Bay at sunrise towards the silhouetted ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle in the distance and the vivid colours in the sky reflecting in the sea and wet sand, Embleton

ECGs of a normal heart rate, artwork
Electrocardiograms (ECG) of a normal heart rate, artwork. An ECG measures the electrical activity of the heart

Ufos / Belgian Wave
Triangle-shaped UFO observed by many over the outskirts of Brussels

PWA Windsurfing Cabo Verde 2007
Scott McKercher hits incredible air over a Ponta Preta monster

PWA Windsurfing Gran Canaria 2009
Jonas Ceballos boosting massive air in Gran Canaria

PWA Windsurfing Cabo Verde 2009
Kevin Pritchard lines up a big smack at Punta Preta

Clevedon Pier N071846
CLEVEDON PIER, North Somerset. General view of the pier taken from the beach

Table Mountain viewed from Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa

Flowers and Birds, 19th century. Creator: Taki Katei
Flowers and Birds, 19th century. Meiji period

Alfa Romeo 158, Nino Farina winning International Trophy race at Silverstone in 1950

Sunrise at Rattray Head Lighthouse, north-east Scotland, January 2014. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually

Portsmouth, c1824-5, (1905). Artist: JMW Turner
Portsmouth, c1824-5. Painting held in the Tate, London. From The Connoisseur 1905 [Otto Limited, London, 1905.]

Brighton Beach Colorful Bath Houses
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sunset over the Na Pali Coast from Ke e Beach, Haena State Park, Kauai, Hawaii USA
Sunset over the Na Pali Coast from Ke e Beach, Haena State Park, Kauai, Hawaii, USA

North Stradbroke Island
Aerial view of Point Lookout and Cylinder Beach on Stradbroke Island

Under the wave off Kanagawa, c. 1831 (woodblock print)
XOS2909656 Under the wave off Kanagawa, c.1831 (woodblock print) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); 25.4x37.5 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Japanese, out of copyright

HOMER: FOG WARNING, 1885. Oil on canvas, Winslow Homer, 1885

Backlit Wave
Early morning wave makes a painted glass sculpture

Kayakers in playboat kayaks in Brennans Wave surf in the Clark Fork River in Missoula Montana

Dunraven Bay, Glamorgan Heritage Coast, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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"The Wave: A Captivating Force of Nature and Artistic Inspiration" The Great Wave off Kanagawa: Hokusai's iconic masterpiece captures the power and beauty of a towering wave, forever etched in our minds. Rough seas at d'Ar-Men lighthouse during Storm Ruth, Ile de Sein, Armorique: Witnessing nature's fury as waves crash against the resilient lighthouse, a testament to human resilience amidst adversity. Clevedon Pier N071847: Waves gently caress the weathered wooden pillars of Clevedon Pier, creating a serene symphony that echoes through time. Manchester's last tram: As trams bid farewell to Manchester's streets, waves of nostalgia wash over the cityscape, marking an end to an era. Sturgeon Bay Lighthouse Door County Wisconsin: Standing tall against the relentless waves of Lake Michigan, this lighthouse guides ships with unwavering strength and determination. Bar built in cliff caves - Cova d'en Xoroi in evening Cala en Porter Menorca Balearic Islands: Sipping cocktails while gazing at breathtaking sunset views from within cave bars carved by crashing waves – an experience like no other. VE day - Winston Churchill with the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace: Amidst jubilant celebrations after World War II ended, Churchill stands strong like a wave breaking barriers for peace and freedom. Barrel in the surf - Whitby 1824 Artist JMW Turner (Picture No. 11981471): Turner masterfully captures a lone barrel being tossed by tumultuous waves off Whitby's coast—a metaphor for life's unpredictable journey. England Tyne and Wear Whitley Bay - Incoming tide engulfs causeway linking St Marys Island & lifehouse to. . : Witnessing nature reclaim its territory as rising tides engulf ancient causeways, reminding us of the ebb and flow of life's challenges.