The water wave is your pocket-sized ocean: a single, dramatic swell frozen mid-crest. On Apple devices it’s a glossy, side-profile curl with a deep cobalt-to-turquoise gradient, flecked with bright white foam and spray, shaped like a bold C that looks seconds away from crashing. The styling feels almost painterly—sleek reflections, crisp edges, and that instantly recognizable foamy lip that screams surf’s up.
People drop this when announcing beach trips, surfing sessions, or a chill “go with the flow” vibe. It’s also perfect for hyperbole: a tsunami of emails, a wave of feelings, or that flood of group chat notifications. In U.S. politics it often doubles as the “Blue Wave” symbol during election-season talk. Art fans sometimes wink at Hokusai’s Great Wave, turning a simple emoji into a tiny culture flex.
Used ironically, a row of waves says “everything is chaos, but we’re riding it.” It can be flirty in a PG way—“let’s make a splash”—and pairs well with summer selfies, sea-cleanup posts, and meditation playlists. Not as spicy as the droplets emoji, but still great for big moods, coastal aesthetics, and that salt-in-the-air energy.
Definition
A curling ocean wave of water. The Apple version looks a bit choppy and stormy. Only the most dedicated and thrill seeking surfers go out in waves like these.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji was part of the proprietary / non-standardized emoji set first introduced by Japanese carriers like Softbank. These emojis became part of the Apple iPhone starting in iOS 2.2 as an unlockable feature on handsets sold in English speaking countries.
In iOS 5 / OSX 10.7, the underlying code that the Apple OS generates for this emoji was changed.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
381 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:ocean:
Keywords
Ocean, Wave, Surf, Beach, Tide
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Weather, Landscape, and Sky Symbols
Editorial Comment
A large blue wave. Surf is up.
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Nature
Unicode Subcategory
Weather and Landscape Symbols
Names & Annotations
WATER WAVE
Symbol Information
U+1F30A proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-038
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#Exp.52 'Wave' 波 U+E73F SJIS-F9E4 JIS-7B61
KDDI
#810 荒波 U+EB7C SJIS-F481 JIS-7B61
Softbank
#88 #old409 波 U+E43E SJIS-FB7E
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 4 Code
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
Decimal HTML Entity

Hexadecimal HTML Entity

Hex Code Point(s)
e43e
Formal Unicode Notation
U+E43E
Decimal Code Point(s)
58430
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xEE 0x90 0xBE
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
EE 90 BE
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
356 220 276
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xE43E
UTF-16 Hex
e43e
UTF-16 Dec
58430
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0000E43E
UTF-32 Hex
E43E
UTF-32 Dec
58430
Python Src
u"\uE43E"
PHP Src
"\xee\x90\xbe"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uE43E"
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
🌊
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
🌊
Decimal HTML Entity
🌊
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
🌊
Hex Code Point(s)
1f30a
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F30A
Decimal Code Point(s)
127754
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x8C 0x8A
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 8C 8A
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 214 212
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83C 0xDF0A
UTF-16 Hex
d83cdf0a
UTF-16 Dec
55356 57098
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F30A
UTF-32 Hex
01F30A
UTF-32 Dec
127754
Python Src
u"\U0001F30A"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x8c\x8a"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83C\uDF0A"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)
