Emoji
(WATER WAVE): meaning and Unicode code
Meaning of the emoji
(WATER WAVE), Unicode code, HTML entity, and usage examples. Copy the symbol with one click.

Information about emoji WATER WAVE
- Unicode Name
- WATER WAVE
- Unicode Codepoint
- U+1F30A
- Category
- Travel & Places
- Subcategory
- sky & weather
- Slug
- ocean
Meaning and description of emoticon 🌊
🌊 depicts a tall sea wave with a white foamy crest rising above the blue surface. Classified under Travel & Places in Unicode.
🌊 in chat conveys vastness, depth, and a desire to exhale — "I need space" or "I want to exhale." It's often used with 🌴 or 🫧, and in messages it reads as "I really need space and silence right now 🌊" and fits well when talking about rest, inner depth, and the need to slow down. The ocean almost always becomes a metaphor for a state where you crave silence, scale, and cleansing.
Usage Examples 🌊
| Format | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Shortcode (Slack) | :ocean: | |
| Shortcode (Discord) | :ocean: | |
| Shortcode (GitHub) | :ocean: | |
| HTML Dec | 🌊 | |
| HTML Hex | 🌊 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F30A"; | |
| C, C++, Python | \U0001F30A | |
| Java, JavaScript & JSON | \uD83C\uDF0A | |
| Perl | \x{1F30A} | |
| PHP & Ruby | \u{1F30A} | |
| Punycode | xn--qg8h | |
| URL Escape Code | %F0%9F%8C%8A | |
| Bytes (UTF-8) | F0 9F 8C 8A |