Kimmeridge Bay at dusk showing wave-cut platform known locally as The Flats, Perbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wave-cut arch in limestone headland, Durdle Door, Jurassic Heritage Coast, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wave-cut platform, and chalk cliffs, Flamborough South Landing, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tessellated Pavement, a wave-cut platform of horizontal strata, north of Pirates Bay, Forestier Peninsula, South East, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Tessellated Pavement, a wave-cut platform of horizontal strata, north of Pirates Bay, Forestier Peninsula, South East, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Surfer girl, Jessica Bishop riding a wave

Surfer girl, Jessica Bishop riding a wave

Sean Briley surfs standing on board, big wave curling

Hawaii, Maui, Ho'okipa, Alex Aguera airborne over huge wave,

Hawaii, Maui, Ho'okipa, Jason Polakow in the wave action