Breakwater may refer to:

  • Breakwater (structure), a structure for protecting a beach or harbour

Places

  • Breakwater, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  • Breakwater Island, 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
  • Breakwater (film), 2023
  • The Breakwater, an alternative name for the 1670 painting Storm Off a Sea Coast by Jacob van Ruisdael

Other uses

  • , 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<!-- Break water redirects here, so this is an appropriate place to list this item. A citation wouldn't be appropriate because this is a disambiguation page; citations for terminology should be added to Rupture of membranes instead. -->