Waves wash over rocks at Boiler Bay near Depoe Bay, Oregon.
Waves crash onto rocks at Playa Chumul, Cozumel, Mexico.
Granite blocks at the base of the Galveston, Texas, Seawall help prevent damages from waves and storm surges.
Waves splash over rocks on the shore of North Texas’ Lake Lavon.
Abstract detail of Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, designed by architect Frank Gehry.
Waves crash onto rocks at Turtle Reef, Grand Cayman.
Waves roll onshore at San Francisco’s Crissy Field Beach.
Waves splash into the air along a Galveston, Texas, beach.
A long exposure shot of waves on granite erosion-control blocks along the Galveston, Texas, beach.
Waves crash onto jagged rocks at Cozumel, Mexico’s El Mirador.