Young men looking out to sea watching the waves breaking, Doolin, County Clare, West Coast of Ireland

California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) hauled out at Los Islotes in HUGE waves, this is the southernmost haul out and breeding area in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

Leavings of a groyne and stones, coastline of Baltic Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Surfer on breaking wave in Teahupoo surfing area, Tahiti Iti, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Glacier calving, Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, South America

SUP stand up paddler on a breaking wave in the teahupoo surf area, Tahiti Iti, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

SUP stand up paddler on a breaking wave in the teahupoo surf area, Tahiti Iti, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Surfer on breaking wave in Teahupoo surfing area, Tahiti Iti, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

SUP stand up paddler on a breaking wave in the teahupoo surf area, Tahiti Iti, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific

Crowds of people breaking through the Berlin Wall, painting, mural, Berlin Wall, East Side Gallery, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Breakwaters or groynes in the evening light, breaking wave, Baltic Sea, Zingst, Fischland-Darss-Zingst peninsula, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Three windsurfers, one standing on the beach at the water's edge looking out, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America