Free Sand Textures and Sand Backgrounds: 38 Photos of Dunes, Ripples and Beaches
38 free sand textures and sand backgrounds from the BigFoto library, all real photos: close-ups of wind ripples in the desert, the curving crests of Sahara dunes, red sand in Wadi Rum, dune fields seen from a plane, white and golden beach sand, and stones laid out in hearts and spirals on the sand. Most are textured from edge to edge or have a plain sky above the sand, so they work as a background for text, slides, a website or a phone wallpaper. The originals are about 1200 pixels on the long side.
How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.
Sand textures and ripples
Wind ripples photographed from close up, in the Sahara and in brown beach sand, a dune on the Cape in South Africa, and sunlight on the sandy floor of a clear sea in Thailand. These fill the frame and tile well as a sand texture.
Sand dunes
Golden and orange dunes of the Sahara under a blue sky, a sharp curving crest, soft dunes stretching to the horizon, grass on the sand, a cone-shaped sand hill in Israel and red sand in Wadi Rum in Jordan. More from the same trip: Sahara Desert in Pictures.
Dunes from the air and at sunset
Dune fields seen from a plane, with their patterns of crests and hollows, and the sun going down behind the dunes.
Beach sand
Footprints on a wide beach, the sandy beaches and dunes of Zeeland in the Netherlands, a dune by the sea in Tunisia, waves on the sand near Bournemouth, white sand below the cliffs of Phi Phi and a quiet shore with dunes.
Patterns on the sand
A heart, lines and a spiral of dark stones on pale sand, and a spinning top with the pattern it drew. Good for cards, Valentine’s Day and calm, minimal designs.
More free photos
- Free desert pictures
- Sahara Desert in Pictures
- Free beach pictures
- Free stone textures
- Free wood textures
- Free concrete textures
- Free brown backgrounds
- Free summer backgrounds
Questions about these sand textures
Can I use these sand textures for free?
Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.
Which photos work best as a seamless sand texture?
The first group: the ripple close-ups have no horizon and an even pattern from edge to edge, so they can be cropped or tiled. For a background with room for text, pick a dune with plain blue sky above it.
Where was the desert sand photographed?
Most of the dunes are in the Sahara. Others come from Wadi Rum in Jordan, Israel and the Cape in South Africa; the beach sand is from the Netherlands, Tunisia, England and Thailand.
