Breakwater may refer to: *

Breakwater (structure) A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and storm surges. Part of a coastal management system, breakwaters are installed to minimize erosion, and to protect anchorages, h ...

, a structure for protecting a beach or harbour

Places

* Breakwater, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia *

Breakwater Island Breakwater Island () is a small island in the Palmer Archipelago with a line of rocks extending in a southwest arc from it, lying opposite Nipple Peak, off the east side of Wiencke Island. The descriptive name, suggestive of an artificial bre ...

, Antarctica * Breakwater Islands, Nunavut, Canada * Breakwater School, a Portland, Maine, pre-school and elementary school founded in 1956

Arts and entertainment

* Breakwater (band), a funk and soul band from the 1970s * ''Breakwater'' (album), a 1988 album by Lennie Gallant * ''The Breakwater'', an alternative name for the 1670 painting ''

Storm Off a Sea Coast ''Storm Off a Sea Coast'', also known as ''The Breakwater'', is a 1670 oil on canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Jacob van Ruisdael. It is in the collection of the Louvre in Paris. The painting is called ''A Storm at Sea Off the Dyk ...

'' by Jacob van Ruisdael

Other

* , a United States Navy patrol vessel, minesweeper, and tug in commission from 1917 to 1920 * Breaking the water or water breaking, a term for the rupture of membranes during pregnancy {{disambiguation, geo