Where the Sea Meets the Shore

There is a rapture on the lonely shore,

There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea and music in its roar
I love not man the less, but Nature more
Sands of Morecambe Bay at low tide
Lord Byron, 1788-1824

Water is endlessly fascinating. The waves, the tides, the beaches, and the life that we find there are all sources of inspiration. Rocks are eroded into fantastical shapes by the wind and the surf, and the receding tide leaves artistically decorated sand. We play in it and on it, and some people still catch fish for their livelihood.

Morecambe Bay
Horses on the Beach at Hunting Island
Beesands
The Beach at Hunting Island
Tavira Waterfront
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Beesands, Devon
Tavira Waterfront
Bigbury-on-Sea
Hope Cove, Devon
Bigbury-on-Sea
Hope Cove, Devon
Sandy Spit, British Virgin Islands North Sound, Virgin Gorda, BVI Boats at Seahouses, Northumberland
Sandy Spit, BVI
North Sound, Virgin Gorda
Seahouses, Northumberland
Breakers on the rocky shore of Clew Bay, Murrisk, Ireland
Tofino, Vancouver Island
Clew Bay, Ireland
Tofino, Vancouver Island
Curachs beached in Connemara, Ireland Sorrento, Australia the famous Cathedral Cove, New Zealand
Cathedral Cove
Curachs, Connemara
Sorrento
picturesque harbour at Megavissey, Cornwall Torquay Surf Beach, Australia
Mousehole harbour closed against winter storms
Megavissey, Cornwall
Mousehole, Cornwall
Torquay Surf Beach
ice being delivered to the fishing fleet in Bali
a pair of historic fishing boats in Bali
blocks of ice waiting to be loaded on the fishing fleet in Bali
historic fishing fleet at Pangambengan, Bali
Pangambengan, Bali
Pangambengan, Bali
rainbow over the harbour at Ballyconneely
the lighthouse on the Etang de Thau at sunset
An aerial photo of the Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Bay of Islands
Ballyconneely
historic lighthouse and tarpaper shack at North Rustico
Gunnamatta Beach
Etang de Thau
picturesque Marseillan harbour
Gunnamatta Beach
North Rustico, PEI
evening light, Bass Harbor, Maine
dinghy on the beach at low tide, Mousehole, Cornwall
Marseillan
open shell with clam inside
Bass Harbor
Beached Dinghy
chalk cliffs at Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight
Clam
breakers roll in at Broadhaven Beach, Wales
Freshwater Bay
surfer disappears over the back of a wave
Incoming Tide
Spouting Horn Blowhole, Kauai
The Surfer
hikers leave footprints on the dunes at Cumberland Island
Spouting Horn Blowhole
rocks at the lake shore with a twist of rope
Thurne Drainage Mill, Norfolk view of The Needles, Isle of Wight
palm tree on Waialua Beach
Thurne Mill, Norfolk
silhouettes of people walking a dog on the beach
London Bridge, Australia
London Bridge
Whitby harbour and fishing boats on a foggy day
Twelve Apostles
A walk on the beach
seaweed on shale at Broadhaven Beach, Wales
Whitby in Fog
Twelve Apostles
coloured cliffs at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight
The rocks at low tide
Bass Harbor Lighthouse and rocks, Maine
Alum Bay
fisherman passing an islet at sunset, Indonesia
Mount Desert Island
fishing dinghies and surf at Sennen Cove, Cornwall
Tropical sunset
dinghies tied up, Northeast Harbor, Maine
Sennen Cove
jet skis on the beach in Thailand
Maine
Amphitrite Point Lighthouse
Jet Skis
sand and surf at Moloaa Beach, Kauai
Amphitrite Point Lighthouse
motorboats in the harbor at Cabo St Lucas
Cabo St Lucas
beach chairs and umbrella, Thailand
Stormy Kauai Beach