Breakwater

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), an upcoming film starring Dermot Mulroney
 * The Breakwater, an alternative name for the 1670 painting Storm Off a Sea Coast by Jacob van Ruisdael

Other

 * USS Breakwater (SP-681), 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