Crashing Ocean Waves
An independently recorded CC0 stereo coastal field recording by Desmond178 of waves breaking at Wakanui Beach, Ashburton, New Zealand. Its original source recording spans more than 45 minutes.
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What makes this recording distinct?
An independently recorded CC0 stereo coastal field recording by Desmond178 of waves breaking at Wakanui Beach, Ashburton, New Zealand. Its original source recording spans more than 45 minutes.
Compared with Gentle Ocean Waves (a Scottish shoreline recording) and the much shorter original Ocean Waves source, this Wakanui surf is a separate, more forceful coastal recording. No other source files were substituted or remastered to create it.
Original source, CC0 license, audio quality
Original recording by Desmond178, shared under Creative Commons Zero 1.0 (CC0). Verify the original sound and license on Freesound.
Original field recording: 2726.3 seconds. Selected independently recorded material: 605 seconds. Master 600 seconds, stereo MP3 44.1 kHz / 192 kbps. The master is byte-for-byte identical to the listening version approved by the owner.
Quality disclosure: This sound was rendered from a publicly available lossy Freesound HQ MP3 preview, not downloaded from the original uncompressed WAV. Re-encoding at 192 kbps cannot restore fidelity lost in the original preview.
Continuous playback beyond ten minutes
This approved master uses 605 seconds of independent original source, with a short circular join to form one 600-second cycle. It has no separate short-source repetition inside the ten-minute master. The seven-day static native-HLS playlist repeats that complete cycle for long listening. Non-native-HLS browsers use MP3 looping. A static HLS playlist is not an endless server-generated stream, and actual iPhone lock-screen performance should be confirmed on device.
Breaking waves can be dynamically louder than gentle surf; listen at a comfortable level. Do not assume it is the quietest sleep sound. Keep the sound at a comfortable level and devices away from infants. Audio is not a medical treatment.
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