West Sands at low tide from footpath from Wells beach car park, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England, UK, Europe

Blackpool tower and pier, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe

Mont Saint Michel (Mont-St. Michel), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Manche, Normandie (Normandy), France, Europe

Mont Saint Michel (Mont-St. Michel), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Manche, Normandie (Normandy), France, Europe

Bamburgh castle and Bamburgh beach at sunrise, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

High tide at Godrevy, looking towards Godrevy Lighthouse, St. Ives Bay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Stormy evening at Kilve Beach on the Somerset Coast, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Winter sunset over Eype Beach on the Jurassic Coast, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Incoming tide at Kilve Beach in winter, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bantham seashore on an incoming tide, South Hams, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Moeraki Boulders, Moeraki, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Fossilised Jurassic age trees exposed at low tide at Curio bay, the Catlins, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Fossilised Jurassic age trees exposed at low tide at Curio bay, the Catlins, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Dawn, Dail Beag, near Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Gentoo penguins (Pygocelis papua papua) walking on a beach, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America

Beach scene with beach huts at Brighton Beach, Brighton, and in background skyscrapers of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Taprobane Island at low tide, Weligama, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean, Asia

Black house village, restored, Garenin (Gearannan), Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Sunset over Luskentyre Bay, at low tide, west coast of South Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Macarella beach, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

View of the ramparts of the Old City from the Port, Essaouira, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Strange cloud formation in the early morning with small Cornish fishing boats at low tide in the harbour at St. Ives, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Silhouette Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Africa

Evening light on the beach at Borve, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Beach at Seilebost, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Rockpools exposed at low tide, Combesgate Beach, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Vibrant green algae exposed at low tide at Tregardock Beach, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Algae covered rocks at Tregardock Beach, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Incoming tide swirling around rocks on Tregardock Beach, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rockpools at low tide in Westward Ho!, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Low tide late on a summer evening at Westward Ho!, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Low tide on the beach at Westward Ho!, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Incoming tide at Dunraven Bay, Southerndown, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Golden sandstone cliffs at West Bay on the Jurassic Coast, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The moon still glows above the surging tide at sunrise on Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Surging tide at Westcombe Bay, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Punaluu black sand beach, Big Island, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific, North America

The calm waters of Lamlash Bay, early morning, Lamlash, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Fair Head from Murlough Bay, Causeway Coast, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

Rocks and rockpools on the beach at Sandymouth Bay, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Surging tide at twilight, Coombesgate Beach, Woolacombe, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Incoming waves at sunset, Hope Cove, South Hams, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Incoming waves at sunset, Hope Cove, South Hams, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

High tide water trails on Shippen beach at Hope Cove, South Hams, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Quartz veins in the rocky shore at Crackington Haven, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Quartz veins in the rock bed at Crackington Haven, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Twilight on the shores of Crackington Haven, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Bloody Beach Peleiu, Republic of Palau, Pacific

Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Kecak (Monkey Dance), created by German artist and choreographer Walter Spies in the 1930s drawing on elements of the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fishing boats on pebble beach, Hastings, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

One of the 100 men of Another Place, also known as The Iron Men, statues by Antony Gormley, Crosby Beach near Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Two of the 100 men of Another Place, also known as the Iron Men, tatues by Antony Gormley, Crosby Beach near Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

One of the 100 men of Another Place, also known as The Iron Men, statues by Antony Gormley, Crosby Beach near Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

High tide at Bossington Beach at sunset, Exmoor, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Stormy sunset sky with milky tide and surf taken on a slow shutter speed, Costa Vincente, Atlantic coast of Algarve, Portugal

Harbour wall, low tide and pastel coloured cottages, St. Monan, East Coast, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Incoming tide at Crail Harbour, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

High tide at twilight on Crackington Haven beach, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Low tide on Constantine Beach, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Trebarwith Strand Beach at low tide, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

High tide at twilight on Crackington Haven beach, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Washed tide over rock ledges at Kilve, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Low tide on a summer evening at Holkham Bay, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Low tide on Crackington Haven Beach during twilight, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Beach in Rethymno, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Tropical beach, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Asia

Palm tree on Mirissa Beach, South Coast, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Beautiful mountain lake in the Los Alerces National Park, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Stilt fishing, a stilt fisherman in the waves at Midigama near Weligama, South Coast, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean, Asia

Stilt fishing, a stilt fisherman in the waves at Midigama near Weligama, South Coast, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean, Asia

Woman on Half Moon Cay, Little San Salvador Island, Bahamas, West Indies, Central America

Boats, harbour at low tide, St Ives, popular seaside resort in hot weather, Summer, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ses Illetes beach, Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Ses Illetes beach, Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Looking across Embleton Bay just after sunrise towards the sunlit sand dunes at Embleton and Low Newton, with gentle waves washing up the beach in the foreground, Embleton, near Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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, near Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Colourful patterns created by sea erosion on rocks revealed at low tide on Spittal Beach, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland on border between England and Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The sun setting off Playa Guiones surf beach, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Winter sunrise on the Aln Estuary looking across the sand at low tide to Church Hill, Alnmouth, near Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Palm trees at sunset on Playa Guiones surf beach at sunset, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Mulranny Beach on Clew Bay, County Mayo, Connaught (Connacht), Republic of Ireland, Europe

Beach at Luskentyre with dune grasses blowing in the foreground and the hills of North Harris in the distance, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Beach at Luskentyre with dune grasses blowing in the foreground and the hills of North Harris in the distance, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Wooden groyne on Bossington Beach, Exmoor, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Waves crash against the rocky coast of Portland Bill at sunset. Isle of Portland, Jurassic Coast, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Atlantic waves crash against the shores of Crackington Haven on a stormy winter day, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ammonite fossils revealed in slate rock ledges at low tide, Kilve, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Waves rushing over black sand beach near Vik on the South coast of Iceland, Polar Regions

Wooden posts at high tide on Porlock Beach, Exmoor, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rocky cove at Porth Nanven near Land's End, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sunset over Porlock Beach, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Twilight on the rocky Cornish cove at Porth Nanven, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ice and waves on Jokulsarlon Beach in winter, South Iceland, Polar Regions

Slipway at St. Michael's Mount at dawn, Marazion, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A picturesque coastal scene featuring a sandy beach at low tide, dotted with various boats. In the background, charming houses and a stone arch bridge are visible under a colorful sky with fluffy clouds. People stroll along the beach, enjoying the serene

Surfer with long board at sunset on popular Playa Guiones surf beach, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America

Woman on the beach at Tata Beach, Golden Bay, Tasman Region, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Beautiful palm fringed white sand Playa Carrillo, Carrillo, near Samara, Guanacaste Province, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, Central America

Sunset by the southern headland of beautiful Playa Pelada beach, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica