Steven David Miller / A beach at Isthmus Bay provides some good surf waves, Isthmus Bay, Torndirrup National Park, Albany, Western Australia, December

Roland Seitre / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) females coming ashore to lay eggs during an arribada nesting event, Ostional Beach, Costa Rica

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) riding a foamy wave into the shore. Westland, New Zealand, Vulnerable species. November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) being splashed by foam from surf, Westland, New Zealand, Vulnerable species. November.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Big surf near shore on beach in Westland, New Zealand. November.

Peter Cairns / Reynisdrangar sea stacks at dusk, Vik, Iceland

Jack Dykinga / Shore Acres State Park with sandstone bluffs being pounded by tidal shifting surf, creating waterfalls over concretions in the stone. Oregon

Pedro Narra / Two people helping a stranded Striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the surf, Troia, Sado Estuary, Portugal

Chadden Hunter / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) heading out to sea, crossing tidal surf to feed in the open seas, South Georgia. Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series, 2008

Andy Rouse / Walrus (Odobenbus rosmarus) splashing through surf. Svalbard, Norway, August.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Young people enjoying the surf at Fistral Beach, Newquay, Cornwall, UK, July 2011.

Andrew Parkinson / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) adult female among breaking waves, Lincolnshire, UK