The image depicts a vast seascape during the twilight hour, viewed from a low vantage point above the water. The surface of the sea is restless, with small, dark waves covering the entire foreground and midground. The water tones vary from dark greenish-gray to bluish.

In the distance stretches a long, dark strip of land and forest that marks the coastline. The coastline runs along the entire horizon, and a small, lighter section of sandy beach can be discerned on its right edge.

A wide sky opens up above the sea, covered with expressive, multi-layered clouds. Deep blue and gray tones dominate the sky's color palette, but a soft, narrow band of pink and light yellow light from the recently set sun is visible in the gaps between the clouds near the horizon.