Water wave Emoji

Travel

A stylized, curling blue wave, typically depicted with a white crest breaking over the water. It represents the power and movement of the ocean's surface.

Usage Context

Used to describe a trip to the beach, surfing, or general love for the ocean. In internet slang, it is often sent to indicate that someone is 'riding a wave' of success or popularity. It can also appear alongside the ☀️ or 🏖️ emojis to set a vacation vibe.

History

Included in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the wave was originally designed as part of a broader set of weather and landscape icons meant to help users convey environmental conditions in mobile text messages, a feature that grew out of early Japanese mobile messaging culture.

Details

Glyph

🌊

Unicode

U+1F30A

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f30a:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF0A;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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