Matthew Maran / Dramatic seas crashing onto a rocky shore. The Broken Group Islands from The Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet, West coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010.

Steven Kazlowski / Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) relaxing on a rocky beach on the western Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Anup Shah / Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) female grooming a juvenile on a rocky beach at low tide, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Mark Taylor / Wide angle panoramic view of limestone rocky beach at Macross, with person standing on beach, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Mark Taylor / Panoramic view of limestone rocky beach at Macross, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

Tui De Roy / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) nesting colony on rocky beach between scrub and shore. Punta Cevallos, Espanola (Hood) Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

Tui De Roy / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) nesting colony on rocky beach between scrub and shore. Punta Cevallos, Espanola (Hood) Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, May.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Receding sea wave on rocky beach. Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, October 2011.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Rocky coastline near Elgol with view to Cuillins, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, October 2011.

Rick Tomlinson / Deserted beach and rocky outcrops on on the Brazillian island of Fernando de Noronha, Atlantic Ocean, October 2008. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Nick Upton / Rocky cove, Tsopela, Samos south coast, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Winged / Wavyleaved sea lavender (Limonium sinuatum) flowering on rocky slope above a beach, with the Aegean Sea in the background, Kalo Limani, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, June.