🐓 Free nature alarm sound
Ocean Waves Alarm Sound
Pacific waves rolling onto the beach, building slowly over the first 10 seconds. The calmest way to drift awake.
The recording
Waves on the Pacific coast, a minute and a half of surf coming in and pulling back. It starts quietly and takes about 10 seconds to reach full volume.
Recorded by orlandorizo and shared on Freesound as “Ocean waves” under CC0: free to use for anything. We volume-matched it and made the phone files.
Who it’s for
Great for: Light sleepers and people who fall asleep to ocean sounds anyway.
Skip it if: You use waves as your sleep sound. Your brain will think it is still night.
Ocean waves: the numbers
| Length | 1:37 |
|---|---|
| Loudness | Medium (-16.7 dB at matched volume) |
| How it starts | Fades in over 11 s |
| Pattern | Slow waves rolling in |
| Wake power | 1 out of 5 |
| iPhone file | First 30 seconds, with a 2-second fade |
Questions people ask
Can ocean waves wake you up?
Only gently. Waves are steady and soft, so they suit light sleepers. If you also fall asleep to ocean sounds, pick something else as your alarm, or your brain may just keep sleeping.
Why is the iPhone file shorter?
iPhone ringtones can only be 40 seconds long, so the iPhone file has the first 30 seconds with a soft fade at the end. The Android file is the full 97 seconds.