🌊

🌊 Water Wave Emoji

A cresting blue wave β€” ocean, surfing, beach, β€œmaking waves”.

Official nameWater Wave
CodepointU+1F30A
Shortcode:ocean: (GitHub, Slack, Discord)
HTML entity🌊
Unicode versionEmoji 0.6 (2010)
CategoryRandom Travel Emoji β€Ί Weather
Keywordsnature, ocean, surf, surfer, surfing, water, wave
Also known asOcean Wave

What does 🌊 mean?

🌊 is the sea and everything around it: surfing, beach holidays, swimming, and metaphorically β€œgoing with the flow” or a wave of emotion. Inspired by Hokusai’s Great Wave.

Pairs with πŸ„ and β˜€οΈ.

β€œSurf’s up πŸŒŠβ€β€œOcean therapy πŸŒŠβ€

How to type 🌊 Water Wave

iPhone / iPadOpen the emoji keyboard (🌐 or πŸ˜€ key), search β€œwave”.
Android (Gboard / Samsung)Tap the emoji key, type β€œwave” in the search bar, or go to the Random Travel Emoji tab.
Windows 10 / 11Press Win + . (period) to open the emoji panel and search β€œwave”.
MacPress Ctrl + Cmd + Space and search, or copy it from this page.

Related emojis

πŸ„οΈPerson SurfingπŸ–οΈBeach With UmbrellaπŸ’§Dropletβ˜€οΈSun

FAQ

Why does 🌊 show as a box or blank square?

Your device is older than Emoji 0.6 (2010), the release that added Water Wave. Update your operating system, or the person you send it to will see ☐ instead.