David Noton / Row boats on the Canal du Midi near Carcassonne, Languedoc, France, May 2005.

Ernie Janes / Boat full of people watching Common Seals (Phoca vitulina) on sand bank at Blakeney Point, Norfolk, August 2013.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Split level shot of Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) fin above the water and leisure boat in the background, with Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tourists on a zodiac going past icebergs in Iceberg Alley, Pleneau Island, Antarctica

Merryn Thomas / Parc Naturel régional de Brière, France. July 2015.

Michel Roggo / Dive boat in front of a fishing village on the shore of Lake Malawi, Malawi, November 2015. Photographed for The Freshwater Project.

Mark Carwardine / Aerial view of tourists watching a Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) from a boat, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico, 2017.

Mark Carwardine / Aerial view of tourists watching a Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) from a boat, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico, 2017.

Pete Oxford / Sugarcane barges (punts) with various Egrets, Wales, Georgetown, Guyana, South America

Juan Carlos Munoz / Paddle boarders, canoe and pedalo on Sainte-Croix Lake, Gorges du Verdon Natural Park, Alpes Haute Provence, France, June 2015.

Adrian Davies / Cliffs with Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony and tourist boat of birdwatchers, at Hermaness, Shetland, Scotland, May 2013.

Michele Westmorland / Dive master helping guest diver check equipment. Galapagos Aggressor live-aboard dive boat, Galapagos Islands. September 2011. Property and model released.

Michele Westmorland / Dive master checking equipment and divers and giving the OK signal. Galapagos Aggressor live-aboard dive boat, Galapagos Islands. September 2011. Property and model released.

Michele Westmorland / View of Kicker Rock with boat in backdrop, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, January 2012.

Michele Westmorland / View of Kicker Rock with boat in backdrop, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, January 2012.

Peter Lewis / A view toward Arundel Castle at dawn, West Sussex, England, UK. October 2012.

Peter Lewis / A view toward Arundel Castle at dawn, West Sussex, England, UK. October 2012.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Man at controls of whale watching boat, Johnstone Strait, East Coast, Vancouver Island, Telegraph Cove, British Columbia.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Whale watching guide gives a lecture to whale watching tourists on board about Humpback whales, Orcas and other marine mammals and the negative effects of marine pollution on these animals. Johnstone...

Ernie Janes / Pleasure boat on Norfolk Broads, Hickling, Norfolk, UK

Robert Thompson / A pleasure boat and the wooded hills by a lake. Plitvice National Park, Croatia, May.

Toby Roxburgh / Replica of the Medway Queen, the last estuary pleasure paddle steamer in the UK, under construction in the Albion drydock. Bristol, England, April 2010. Property released.

Toby Roxburgh / Replica of the Medway Queen, the last estuary pleasure paddle steamer in the UK, under construction in the Albion drydock. Bristol, England, April 2010. Property released.

Toby Roxburgh / Replica of the Medway Queen, the last estuary pleasure paddle steamer in the UK, under construction in the Albion drydock, Bristol, England, April 2010. Property released.

Toby Roxburgh / Replica of the Medway Queen, the last estuary pleasure paddle steamer in the UK, under construction in the Albion drydock, Bristol, England, April 2010. Property released.

Toby Roxburgh / Part of the engine block of the Medway Queen, the last estuary pleasure paddle steamer in the UK, being refurbished for construction of the replica ship, David Abel's boatbuilders, Bristol, England, A...

Michael Hutchinson / Iguazu Falls and tourist pleasure boat, Iguacu National Park, Argentina February 2009

Doug Perrine / Pleasure boat and snorkelers, Molasses Reef, Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary, Florida, USA

Philip Stephen / Pleasure craft in boatyard being made ready for a new season, Spring 2005.

Dave Watts / Low water levels, 25% capacity, due to drought at Lake Montbel, with pedalos lined up on dry lake bed, south west France. April, 2023.

Ernie Janes / Boats moored along Hickling Broad with The Pleasure Boat public house in background, Norfolk Broads National Park, Norfolk, UK. May, 2007.

Ernie Janes / Two people in canoe paddling past boats moored along Hickling Broad with The Pleasure Boat public house in background, Norfolk Broads National Park, Norfolk, UK. March, 2007.

Franco Banfi / Pod of Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) swimming at sea surface in front of whale watching boat. Dominica. Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Pod of Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) swimming at sea surface between two snorkelers and whale watching boat. Dominica. Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean.

Michael Hutchinson / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) at sea surface with people observing from whale watching boat. Monterey, California, USA. April.

Nick Garbutt / Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) male, silhouetted on remote beach at sunset, with live-aboard tourist boat in the background, Komodo Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Endangered.

Nick Garbutt / Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) male, silhouetted on remote beach at sunset, with live-aboard tourist boat in the background, Komodo Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Endangered.

Franco Banfi / Tourists on whale watching boat, Pico island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean.

Franco Banfi / People on whale watching zodiac boat. Pico island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Whale watching boat observing two Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) porpoising, Azores, Atlantic Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Film crew on zodiac boat following Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). Azores, Atlantic Ocean.

Franco Banfi / Whale watching tour guide showing different whales that can be seen in area. Pico island, Azores, Atlantic Ocean.

Tui De Roy / Dozens of tour boats lay idle in port,during Covid-19 lockdown, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands April 2020

Tui De Roy / Tourboats in port during Covid-19 lockdown, , Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands

Ben Gillett / Pleasure yacht off Majorca coast, Balearic Islands. September 2019

Philippe Clement / Cruise ship leaving Lerwick harbour, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. May 2018

Milan Radisics / Aerial tracking shot of two gondolier's propelling a gondola in Venice Lagoon, Venice, Italy, October 2015.

Milan Radisics / Aerial tracking shot of two gondolier's propelling a gondola in Venice Lagoon, Venice, Italy, October 2015.

Milan Radisics / Aerial tracking shot of two gondolier's propelling a gondola in Venice Lagoon, Venice, Italy, October 2015.