163 Free Water Sound Effects - Most Popular
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Sea Waves with Tern Calls
Medium sea waves lap the shore while Sandwich terns call overhead, creating a realistic seaside ambience with a soft, distant ocean roar. This free, royalty-free sea waves and seagulls sound effect is ideal as background audio for films, YouTube videos, games, podcasts, meditation apps, sleep or study playlists. Clean recording with no voices or music, easy to loop or mix into your own soundscapes. Thanks to Renaud LR for identifying the terns. UCS Category: AMBSea. Length: 00:58.
Small Waves Facing the Ocean
Small waves in English Channel recorded facing the sea on the beach of Houlgate, Calvados, Normandy, France. UCS Category: WATRWave. Length: 02:18.
Cave #2
Sound atmosphere of a cave. Created on computer, with sounds from LaSonotheque: Rain, drops of water and reverberation. Easy to loop. UCS Category: AMBUndr. Length: 01:12.
Splash, Big #3
Big "splash" of a big stone thrown in a big water tank. UCS Category: WATRSplsh. Length: 00:05.
Splash, Small #1
Small "splash" of a small stone thrown into a pond. UCS Category: WATRSplsh. Length: 00:03.
Sea Waves
Waves at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Between Soulac-sur-Mer and Lacanau. France. UCS Category: WATRWave, AMBSea. Length: 02:47.
Beach: Small Waves
Beach: small waves, eddies, deaf roar of the sea in the distance. UCS Category: WATRWave, AMBSea. Length: 00:58.
Rain on concrete
Big drops of rain on a small slab of concrete. UCS Category: RAINConc. Length: 01:21.
Rain on car windshield
Big drops of rain on a car windshield. These may be immediately followed by sound # 1296 (Storm and rain on car windshield). Sound recording inside the vehicle. UCS Category: RAINGlas. Length: 01:14.
Mountain Stream #7
Mountain torrent. Recorded in Auvergne, France. UCS Category: WATRFlow. Length: 02:28.
Watercourse 5.2
Recording of "La Donnette", at Hautes Planches in Bretoncelles (61 - France), on the occasion of the residency "Au Bord Du Larsen" (OBDL) in July 2024. For a sound installation reproducing a waterfall using 6 sounds on 7 speakers. Easy to loop. UCS Category: WATRFlow. Length: 01:01.
Splash, Big #1
Big "splash" of a big stone thrown in a big water tank. UCS Category: WATRSplsh. Length: 00:04.
Rowing slowly
Noise of water when rowing slowly. Sound effect with a wooden board, in a water tank. UCS Category: BOATRow. Length: 01:07.
Shoes in the Water
Walking shoes in the water. After the storm. UCS Category: FEETHmn. Length: 00:53.
Hot Water in Mug #2
Sound of hot water at 90°C being poured into a mug. An interesting sound: https://bigsoundbank.com/blog/sound-difference-hot-water-cold-water-b366.html. UCS Category: FOODGware. Length: 00:05.
Cave #1
Sound atmosphere of a cave. Created on computer, with sounds from LaSonotheque: Rain, drops of water and reverberation. Easy to loop. UCS Category: AMBUndr. Length: 01:12.
Mountain stream #1
Stream flowing down a wooded mountainside, far from any busy road; no birds in the area. Hautes Pyrénées, near the old spa resort of PAUZE, located not far from Cauterets (65110). Altitude of the sound recording: 1053 m. Date: 05-07-2022, afternoon. Weather: overcast, foggy, stormy, no wind. UCS Category: WATRFlow. Length: 05:22.
Rain on car roof
Rain then big drops of rain on a car roof. These may be immediately followed by sound # 1294 (Big rain on car roof). Sound recording inside the vehicle. UCS Category: RAINMetl. Length: 01:50.
Fountain of a Japanese Temple
Sound of water from a fountain in a Japanese temple, used to purify hands. UCS Category: WATRFoun. Length: 01:02.
Water bubbles
Water bubbles made with a straw in a mug. Means the rim of the mug slightly. UCS Category: WATRBubl. Length: 00:27.
Woman Takes a Shower
A woman takes a shower in a bathtub, the shower head is moving through a flexible. UCS Category: WATRDran. Length: 00:53.
Thunder and Rain on Car Windshield
Storm then big drops of rain on a car windshield. This sound can be immediately preceded by Sound # 1295 (Rain on Windshield Car). Sound recording inside the vehicle. UCS Category: RAINGlas, STORM. Length: 00:53.
Splash, small #3
Small "splash" of a small stone thrown into a pond. UCS Category: WATRSplsh. Length: 00:03.
Rowing Quickly
Noise of water when rowing quickly. Sound effect with a wooden board, in a water tank. UCS Category: BOATRow. Length: 00:50.
Drink from the gourd #1
Man opening, drinking from a flask and closing it again. UCS Category: FOODDrnk. Length: 00:12.
Boiling water
Water boils at little broth. Miking on a hot plate (no noise from gas). UCS Category: WATRBubl. Length: 00:14.
Watercourse 5.1
Recording of "La Donnette", at Hautes Planches in Bretoncelles (61 - France), on the occasion of the residency "Au Bord Du Larsen" (OBDL) in July 2024. For a sound installation reproducing a waterfall using 6 sounds on 7 speakers. Easy to loop. UCS Category: WATRFlow. Length: 01:05.
Small Waves Back to the Ocean
Small waves in English Channel recorded back to the sea on the beach of Houlgate, Calvados, Normandy, France. UCS Category: AMBSea. Length: 01:30.
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