Top 15 Dolphin Tattoos – Littered With Garbage

Did you know? Despite often being referred to as killer whales, orca actually belong to the dolphin family – it is just one of 40 extant species of this aquatic mammal.

Dolphins have few marine enemies (some are even apex predators), however it is humans that their wild populations are threatened by. The organised shark culling programs are responsible for the deaths of thousands of dolphins (not just sharks) every year, in addition to boat propellers, plastics, and ocean pollution.

These beautiful, intelligent animals deserve better in the tattoo realm as well as real life. Dolphins were a symbol of the 90s and even now there are still so many awful dolphin tattoos being produced. For National Dolphin Day we’ve sifted through over 10,000 images and selected the top 15 dolphin tattoos.

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Banana dolphin tattoo by @clareclarity on tattooer @jodydawber

Colour realism dolphins tattoo by @lizvenom

Neo trad dolphin tattoo by @atelierkaninchenbau

Fresh and healed photos of this colour realism dolphin tattoo by @randyengelhard

Dolphin wind chime tattoo by Scott Johnson

Stylised dolphins tattoo by @maija_tattoo

Colour realism dolphin and shark tattoo by @cjtattoos

Kawaii dolphin tattoo by @tattoosbymeri

Neo trad 80s styled dolphin tattoo by @theleisurebandit

@katietattoos stained glass dolphin tattoo from a challenge on Ink Master

Neo trad floral dolphin tattoo by @adam_grdnr_tattoo

Sparkly decorative love hearts and dolphin tattoo by @holyghost_tattooer

Snorkey the dolphin (The Simpsons) tattoo by @samilocke

#ColorTribalism dolphin tattoo by @tomas_garcia

Dolphin cover up tattoo by @jameswitheetattoo