
Tropical Wave Sound Effects
Want to soothe listeners with the seaside sounds of the tropics? Need to portray the power of crashing surf from the beaches of Bali and Thailand? The Tropical Waves sound effects library shares over 10 hours of sound in nearly 200 clips gathered from the sunny shores of South-East Asia.
The collection captures the unique sound of sun-baked shores ranging from classic surf swells on sand to booming distant crashes, from waves bashing against rocky cliffs to trickling laps through stony channels. Others include waves in water, rip tide swells, waves on seashells, waves on hissing sand, and other evocative textures.
Tropical Wave Sound Effect Types
The Tropical Waves sound library features wave sound effects at multiple locations on various surfaces:
- Waves in water
- Waves on rocks – sheltered rock cove
- Waves on rocks – rock face and outcropping
- Waves on rocks – rocky point
- Waves on rocks – rocky channel trickles and gurgles
- Waves on sand and rocks
- Waves on sand – classic waves and booming surf
Each clip is edited and cataloged with detail to help you choose the best clip with descriptions of distance, position, power, wave impact surface, tide characteristics, and more.
Learn more about this collection in the sound library announcement blog post.
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Key Features
- 187 wave sound effect clips + 103 looped versions.
- 96 kHz, 24-bit stereo WAV files.
- 21.15 gigabytes.
- Top quality clips: professionally recorded, expertly mastered, and lovingly curated.
- Quick access: instant, secure download.
- Smooth workflow: extensive descriptive embedded metadata in multiple formats helps find sounds fast.
Tropical Wave Sound Effects Library Includes:
- Waves in a cove with sand from a distance with distant swells in a loop, MS decoded
- Waves in a rock cove at high tide with medium waves lapping and a background ocean in a loop, MS decoded
- Waves in a rock cove at high tide with medium waves lapping and a background ocean, MS decoded
- Waves in a rock cove from a narrow channel at high tide with medium laps, slow and clear with a background ocean roaring, XY D50
- Waves in a rock cove from the shoreline at high tide with medium waves churning with some big hits with spray, and a shore bird 1, ORTF D50
- Waves in a rock cove from the shoreline at high tide with medium waves churning with some big hits with spray, and a shore bird 2, ORTF D50
- Waves in a rock cove from a small tunnel at high tide with small waves lapping slowly with a background ocean, XY D50
- Waves on a rock face from behind a rock wall at high tide with leaping wave hits and spray and background ocean churning, XY D50
- Waves on a rock face at high tide with large waves slow and churning, hitting and slapping, and with some spray, MS decoded
- Waves on a rock face with the tide coming in with large waves slowly, hitting with spray, crashing, and jumping, MS decoded
- Waves at a rock outcropping from behind a rock at high tide with large waves, slow and churning, XY D50
- Waves at a rock outcropping at high tide with large waves, slow with background churning ocean in a loop, MS decoded
- Waves at a rock outcropping at high tide with large waves, slow and churning, MS decoded
- Waves on rocks and sand at the shoreline with the tide coming in with slow medium waves, MS decoded
- Waves on rocks and sand at the shoreline with the tide coming in with slow medium waves and trickling swirls, MS decoded
- Waves on rocks and sand with the tide coming in with medium waves, slow and strong, MS decoded
- Waves on rocks in a narrow channel flowing in swells with sparse shore bird, loop
- Waves on rocks in a narrow channel flowing in swells with distant shore bird, loop
- Waves on rocks in a narrow channel flowing in swells with distant and sparse shore bird, loop
- Waves on rocks in a narrow channel flowing in strong swells with sparse shore bird, loop
- Waves on rocks, gentle and slow with faint birds
- Waves at Sai Kaew Beach on the rocks from a medium distance with slow lapping and swirling, clear with background insects in a loop, MS decoded
- Waves on rocks, perched on rocks POV with gushing left, loop
- Waves on rocks, perched on rocks POV with gushing left, wide POV, loop
- Waves on rocks with gritty sand at the shoreline with swells and shore birds, loop
- Waves on rocks with gritty sand at the shoreline with swells and shore birds, wide POV, loop
- Waves at Sai Kaew Beach on the rocks at the shoreline with slow lapping and swirling, clear with background insects in a loop, MS decoded
- Waves at Sai Kaew Beach on the rocks at the shoreline, shallow and steady with small clear lapping and slapping, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point from above a overhanging rock at high tide with large waves churning in a loop, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point from above a overhanging rock at high tide with large waves churning and with some crashes, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel foot with light laps, slow and delicate in a loop, ORTF D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel foot with light laps, slow, slick, and gentle in a loop, AB mikroUsi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel foot with medium laps, slow and eager with medium distant churning waves, AB Usi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel foot with medium laps, slow and eager with medium distant churning waves, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel foot with medium laps, slow and eager with medium distant churning waves from an overhanging rock, ORTF D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel foot with medium laps, slow and eager with medium distant churning waves from a polar, AB mikroUsi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel foot with medium laps, slow and lazy with medium distant churning waves, D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head at high tide with churning waves to medium lapping, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head at high tide with medium waves sloshing and swirling and faint shore birds, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head at high tide with medium waves sloshing and swirling, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head with light laps sloshing and a background ocean, D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head with light laps sloshing, a big surge, and a background ocean, AB Usi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head with light laps sloshing, a big surge, and a background ocean, D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head with light laps sloshing, a big surge, and a background ocean, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head with light laps sloshing, some trickling, a and background ocean, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head with light laps sloshing, some trickling, a and background ocean, MS
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head with light laps sloshing, strong surges, a background ocean, AB Usi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head with light laps sloshing, strong surges, a background ocean, D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head with light laps sloshing, strong surges, a background ocean, mikroUsi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel head with light laps sloshing, strong surges, a background ocean, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel neck with slow sloshing and gulping 1, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel neck with slow sloshing and gulping 2, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps, clear with a background ocean, mikroUsi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps sloshing left and right with a faint background ocean, D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps sloshing with a background ocean 1, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps sloshing clearly with a background ocean, D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps sloshing and sliding by with a background ocean 1, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps sloshing and sliding by with a background ocean 2, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps sloshing and trickling gently with a background ocean, mikroUsi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps sloshing and trickling gently with faint drizzle and a background ocean, mikroUsi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps, slow and sloshing with a strong background ocean, AB mikroUsi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps slurping closely with a faint background ocean, XY D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with light laps slurping with a faint background ocean, XY D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with medium laps, slow with a background ocean churning in a loop, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with medium laps, slow and washing with a background ocean churning, AB Usi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with medium laps, slow and washing with a background ocean churning, D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with medium laps, slow and washing with a background ocean churning, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel tail with medium light laps sloshing and trickling with medium distant glugs and a background ocean, mikroUsi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel throat at high tide with medium waves swirling and surging against a rock, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel throat with light laps sloshing smoothly with a background ocean, D50
- Waves at a rocky point in a channel throat with strong laps and a background ocean, AB mikroUsi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point from a cliff edge at high tide with large waves, slow and churning 1, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point from a cliff edge at high tide with large waves, slow and churning 2, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point from a cliff edge at high tide with large waves, slow and churning with some big crashes, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point from a cliff edge with large waves, slow and churning at low end, AB Usi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point from a cliff edge with large waves, slow and churning at low end, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point from a cliff edge at low tide with large waves, slow and churning with some big hits during sunrise, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point from a distance at high tide with large waves, slow and churning 1, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point from a distance at high tide with large waves, slow and churning 2, MS decoded
- Waves at a rocky point from a distance with large waves and slow crashes, AB mikroUsi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point from a distance with large waves and slow crashes, AB Usi Pro
- Waves at a rocky point from a distance with large waves and slow crashes, D50
- Waves at a rocky point from a distance with large waves and slow crashes, MS decoded
- Waves on sand and few big rocks, 2m from the shore at the corner of the beach with the tide coming in, medium with sloshing and swirling 1, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and few big rocks, 2m from the shore at the corner of the beach with the tide coming in, medium with sloshing and swirling 2, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and few big rocks, 2m from the shore at the corner of the beach with the tide coming in, medium with sloshing and swirling and some big crashes 1, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and few big rocks, 2m from the shore at the corner of the beach with the tide coming in, medium with sloshing and swirling and some big crashes 2, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and few big rocks, 2m from the shore at the corner of the beach with the tide coming in, medium with sloshing and swirling and some big crashes, long, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and few big rocks, 3m from the shore at the corner of the beach with the tide coming in, medium with sloshing and swirling and some faint birds, AB EM272
- Waves on sand and few big rocks, 3m from the shore at the corner of the beach with the tide coming in, medium with sloshing and swirling and some faint birds, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and few big rocks, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with some big crashes 1, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and few big rocks, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with some big crashes 2, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and few big rocks, 5m from the shore near washout with the tide coming in, medium with surging and sloshing with soft fizzing, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and grit, 3m from the shore with the tide going out, medium with soft big crashes and some sweet birds, AB EM272
- Waves on sand and grit, 3m from the shore with the tide going out, medium with soft big crashes and some sweet birds, MS decoded
- Waves on sand and grit, 3m from the shore with the tide going out, medium with soft big crashes and some sweet birds, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and grit, 3m from the shore with the tide going out, medium with soft crashes and light sweet birds, AB EM272
- Waves on sand and grit, 3m from the shore with the tide going out, medium with soft crashes and light sweet birds, MS decoded
- Waves on sand and grit, 3m from the shore with the tide going out, medium with soft crashes and light sweet birds, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand and rocks from the shoreline, medium and steady with classic crashing surf, MS decoded
- Waves on sand and rocks from the shoreline, medium and steady with crashes and nearby eddies with gurgles, MS decoded
- Waves on sand and seashells on a steep beach, 1m from the shore with tide going out, medium with gulping laps, AB EM272
- Waves on sand and seashells on a steep beach, 1m from the shore with tide going out, medium with gulping laps, D100
- Waves on sand, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium with a double break and some sweet birds 1, MS decoded
- Waves on sand, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium with a double break and some sweet birds 1, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium with a double break and some sweet birds 2, MS decoded
- Waves on sand, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium with a double break and some sweet birds 2, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with big crashes and some dawn birds, MS decoded
- Waves on sand, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with big crashes and some dawn birds, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with big slapping crashes and some dawn birds, MS decoded
- Waves on sand, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with big slapping crashes and some dawn birds, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady, soft, MS decoded
- Waves on sand, 3m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady, soft, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand 4m from the shore, medium and steady with classic crashing surf, MS decoded
- Waves on sand, 5m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with classic crashing surf and faint roosters, MS decoded
- Waves on sand, 5m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with classic crashing surf and faint roosters, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand, 5m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with classic crashing surf and rooster, ORTF D100
- Waves on sand, 5m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with classic crashing surf, some sweet birds, and faint roosters, MS decoded
- Waves on sand, 5m from the shore with the tide coming in, medium and steady with classic crashing surf, some sweet birds, and faint roosters, ORTF D100
- Waves in Bali at Padma Beach during high tide, slow, huge and rolling with a soft boom 1
- Waves in Bali at Padma Beach during high tide, slow, huge and rolling with a soft boom 2
- Waves in Bali at Padma Beach during high tide, roaring with a wash
- Waves in Bali at Seminyak Beach, slow huge swells in the distance
- Waves on sand from a dock above with the tide going out with large swells, slow with some birds in a loop, mikroUsi Pro
- Waves on gritty sand at the shoreline with swells, loop
- Waves in Hua Hin in a beach, medium distant with sand, constant ocean roar, and some surf
- Waves in Bali at Seminyak Beach, slow and huge rolling with a soft boom in the distance
- Waves on sand from a medium distance with the tide going out, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with faint birds, ORTF D50
- Waves on sand from a medium distance with the tide going out, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with faint sweet birds, ORTF D50
- Waves on sand, medium and fast with sand sizzling
- Waves in Thailand at Secret Beach on sand and rocks, fast and steady
- Waves in Thailand at Koh Chang beach from the shoreline at high tide, steady and strong and breaking at dawn, 4060
- Waves in Thailand at Koh Chang beach from the shoreline at high tide, steady and strong and breaking at dawn, D100
- Waves in Thailand at Koh Chang beach from the shoreline at high tide, steady and strong and breaking few birds
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out at dawn, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with huge crashes, abridged, D50
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out at dawn, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with huge crashes, MS decoded
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out at dawn, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with huge crashes and some tropical bird 1, ORTF D50
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out at dawn, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with huge crashes and some tropical bird 2, ORTF D50
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out at dawn, large and steady with classic crashing surf 1, MS decoded
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out at dawn, large and steady with classic crashing surf 1, ORTF D50
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out at dawn, large and steady with classic crashing surf 2, AB Usi Pro
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out at dawn, large and steady with classic crashing surf 2, MS decoded
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out at dawn, large and steady with classic crashing surf 2, ORTF D50
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out, large swells to crashing slowly and receding with sizzling in a loop, AB Usi Pro
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out, large swells to crashing slowly and receding with sizzling in a loop, MS decoded
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with big crashes and sparse bird chirping, AB Usi Pro
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with big crashes and sparse bird chirping, MS decoded
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with a bird in a loop, MS decoded
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out, large swells to crashing slowly and softly, soothing, ORTF D50
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with sparse bird chirping, AB Usi Pro
- Waves on sand from the shoreline with the tide going out, large swells to crashing slowly and softly with sparse bird chirping, MS decoded
- Waves on soft sand and distant wash, wide POV, loop
- Waves on soft sand at the shoreline creeping with a wash 1, wide POV, loop
- Waves on soft sand at the shoreline creeping with a wash 2, wide POV, loop
- Waves on sand on a steep beach, 2m from the shore with the tide going out, medium and steady with small crashes and packed sand hissing at dawn 1, AB EM272
- Waves on sand on a steep beach, 2m from the shore with the tide going out, medium and steady with small crashes and packed sand hissing at dawn 1, D100
- Waves on sand on a steep beach, 2m from the shore with the tide going out, medium and steady with small crashes and packed sand hissing at dawn 2, AB EM272
- Waves on sand on a steep beach, 2m from the shore with the tide going out, medium and steady with small crashes and packed sand hissing at dawn 2, D100
- Waves on sand on a steep beach, 2m from the shore with the tide going out, medium and steady with small crashes and sand hissing at dawn, AB EM272
- Waves on sand on a steep beach, 2m from the shore with the tide going out, medium and steady with small crashes and sand hissing at dawn, D100
- Waves on sand on a steep beach, 2m from the shore with the tide going out, medium and steady with small crashes and sand hissing at pre dawn, AB EM272
- Waves on sand on a steep beach, 2m from the shore with the tide going out, medium and steady with small crashes and sand hissing at pre dawn, D100
- Waves in Hua Hin in a beach with sand, slow and long swells, and tide coming in
- Waves on sand from the top of a beach with the tide going out at dawn, large and steady with classic crashing surf, AB Usi Pro
- Waves on sand from the top of a beach with the tide going out at dawn, large and steady with classic crashing surf, MS decoded
- Waves on sand from the top of a beach with the tide going out at dawn, large and steady with classic crashing surf, ORTF D50
- Waves on sand from the top of a beach with the tide going out at dawn, large and steady with classic crashing surf and tropical birds, AB mikroUsi Pro
- Waves on sand from the top of a beach with the tide going out at dawn, large and steady with huge waves and tropical birds, AB mikroUsi Pro
- Waves on sand from the top of a beach with the tide going out, from large swells to crashing slowly with big crashes and some birds, ORTF D50
- Waves on sand from the top of a beach with the tide going out, from large swells to crashing slowly with some tropical birds in a loop, D50
- Waves on sand from the top of a beach with the tide going out, from large swells to crashing slowly with some tropical birds in a loop, mikroUsi Pro
- Waves in Bali at Seminyak Beach in the waves, slow and swirling with background ocean roar
- Waves in shallow water creeping slowly with a strong slosh and texture, wide POV, loop
- Waves in shallow water creeping slowly, strong, wide POV, loop
- Waves in shallow water creeping slowly, wide POV, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water creeping slowly with gradual pushy swells, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water creeping slowly with gradual soft swells, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water creeping slowly with strong swells, wide POV, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water creeping slowly and swirling, wide POV, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water in a rip tide creeping slowly and breaking 1, wide POV, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water in a rip tide creeping slowly and breaking 2, wide POV, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water in a rip tide creeping slowly and breaking urgently, wide POV, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water in a rip tide creeping slowly and breaking, diffuse, wide POV, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water in a rip tide creeping slowly and breaking with big swells, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water in a rip tide creeping slowly and breaking with strong swells, wide POV, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water in a rip tide creeping slowly with a wash and some trickles, wide POV, loop
- Waves in medium-deep shallow water in a rip tide creeping slowly with a wash, wide POV, loop
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