Water & Ocean Sounds
Hear eight different water sounds: original Ocean Waves, Waterfall, synthetic Shower, Rushing River, Forest Stream, Gentle Ocean Waves, Bodetal Brook & Birds, and Crashing Ocean Waves.
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Owner-approved original CC0 surf recording with 90 seconds of independent wave audio
Owner-approved field recording · short source cycleWaterfallOwner-approved real waterfall recording with roughly six minutes and fifteen seconds of independent audio
Short field recording · review pendingShower — SyntheticSimulated shower sound created with DSP
Original DSP simulation · listening-approvedRushing RiverRecorded by orlandorizo with a Zoom H5N alongside the Magdalena River at Los Dinamos south of Mexico City. This independent stereo CC0 field recording has a forceful flow and a broad continuous rush. It is not the same file as the existing Waterfall.
Owner-approved CC0 field source · 10-minute master · noindex detail pageGentle Forest StreamRecorded along the Jadwiżanka stream at Lądek-Zdrój, Poland, in September 2021. This is a separate, authentic stereo field source rather than a pitch-shifted or filtered version of Rushing River.
Owner-approved CC0 field source · 10-minute master · noindex detail pageGentle Ocean WavesAn authentic wide stereo shoreline field recording made with a Tascam DR-05x. The waves travel left to right across the stereo field, and occasional distant gull sounds may be heard.
Owner-approved CC0 field source · 10-minute master · noindex detail pageBodetal Brook & BirdsAn independently recorded CC0 stereo field recording from Bodetal valley in the Harz Mountains of Germany. Recorded by Borgory with a Zoom H5, featuring a distant flowing stream and audible birds.
Owner-approved real CC0 source · 10-minute master · noindex detail pageCrashing Ocean WavesAn 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.
Owner-approved real CC0 source · 10-minute master · noindex detail pageAbout this category
Rivers and streams offer moving water with different current strengths, surf rises and falls along a shoreline, waterfall water is relatively dense, and synthetic Shower models a different, smoother water texture. All real recordings come from distinct CC0 original sources.
Choosing your next sound
Compare Rushing River with Forest Stream and Bodetal Brook & Birds for distinct current and outdoor textures, or Gentle Ocean Waves with Crashing Ocean Waves and original Ocean Waves for surf intensity. Waterfall and synthetic Shower offer different falling-water patterns. Gentle Ocean Waves includes occasional gulls and is not a gull-free ocean bed.
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Compare water textures by source type
Shower is a digitally generated water-like sound. Ocean Waves and Waterfall use shorter, owner-approved CC0 field recordings; Rushing River, Forest Stream, Bodetal Brook & Birds, Gentle Ocean Waves and Crashing Ocean Waves add longer independent source segments. These are eight distinct acoustic concepts and should not be treated as interchangeable labels.
Waves rise and fall, waterfalls can have a dense broad wash, and a synthetic Shower approximates a more continuous splash texture. Source authenticity and independent recording length are disclosed on every sound page.