Is this a real recording of the sea?

Yes. Nothing in it is synthesized. What plays is a loop cut from Kevin Luce's recording, with its level matched to the other sounds.

Who recorded it, and can I use it myself?

Kevin Luce, who goes by kevp888 on Freesound. His page says you are free to share and remix it as long as you credit the author, and he asks for the credit as "kevp888 or Kevin Luce, and www.freesound.org." The links under "Where the sound comes from" go to the licence terms and the original upload.

Can I play it without Pro?

Yes, fifteen minutes at a time. Without Pro, any one sound, this one included, plays for fifteen minutes with a fade at the end; press play again whenever you like. Pro adds the full mixes, layering and longer timers.

Can I play it alongside other sounds?

With Pro, yes, by hand. No ready-made mix opens on it: Relax opens on beach waves with green noise underneath. The mixer supports up to six sounds at once, so you can add ocean waves to a mix you build yourself. Without Pro, one sound plays at a time.

Ocean waves for sleep: White Beach, Philippines

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Made sounds

Ocean waves is a real recording of the waves at White Beach, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. Kevin Luce (kevp888) recorded it in July 2025 and shares it under CC BY 4.0. It is binaural, and he asks listeners to use a headset. Play it as ocean waves for sleep, with a timer that fades it out.

Where is White Beach?

In the Philippines, at Puerto Galera in Oriental Mindoro. In Kevin Luce's words, White Beach is "a beautiful sand beach in the surroundings of Puerto Galera (Oriental Mindoro, Philippines)." He made the recording in the morning, from the terrace of a hotel located at White Beach. Freesound's map pin reads "Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines."

When was it recorded?

His page says "Recorded in July 2025," a month rather than a day. The mixer's info panel only holds complete dates, so it shows none for this recording; this page names the month the source gives.

How was it recorded?

According to his page, with a Zoom H5studio and Ohrwurm 3D binaural microphones. Freesound lists the file at 7 minutes 57 seconds, 48 kHz and 24-bit stereo.

Is it meant for headphones?

His description says "binaural, please use headset for 3D effects." greensound plays it through whatever speaker or headphones you already have, at the level its slider sets.

What did the recordist change?

He writes: "Fade in/out and high pass filter at 60Hz -6dB/oct applied in Audacity." CC BY 4.0 asks us to say what was changed, and the list under "Where the sound comes from" does, in two steps. Kevin Luce faded it in and out and applied a 60 Hz high-pass filter before sharing it. greensound then cut it to a loop, matched its level and softened any rare loud peaks.

How should I credit it?

CC BY 4.0 asks for the credit as its maker words it. Kevin Luce's page asks for "kevp888 or Kevin Luce, and www.freesound.org." That line is printed under "Where the sound comes from," next to a link to the licence terms and a link to the original upload.

How is it different from beach waves?

Beach waves is Felix Blume's recording at Punta Allen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, made on November 1, 2015 and released under CC0. Ocean waves is Kevin Luce's recording at White Beach, made in July 2025 and shared under CC BY 4.0, so it carries a credit line worded as its maker asked, and a note of what was edited.

Is it looped?

Yes. What plays is a loop of twenty to forty seconds cut from that recording, with a 2-second equal-power crossfade baked into the seam so it can't click. The window is chosen to be steady: none of its quarter-seconds is more than 10 dB, about twice as loud, above the window's median. The loop is then turned up or down by one fixed amount to match the other sounds, and a limiter softens any rare loud peak. It works at four times the file's sample rate, so its ceiling sits close to the wave between samples too, not only the samples themselves. greensound's owner listened to a preview of the loop and kept it.

Where the sound comes from

Ocean waves. Recorded at White Beach, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. CC BY 4.0. License terms Original recording on freesound.org

Credit: kevp888 or Kevin Luce, and www.freesound.org

Edited by the recordist (faded in and out, with a 60 Hz high-pass filter), then by greensound (cut to a loop, level-matched, and any rare loud peaks softened).

Listen safely

This is a sound, played back through whatever speaker or headphones you already own. It doesn't diagnose, measure, or promise anything about how you sleep, focus, or feel — it's just noise and a handful of real recordings, mixed the way you like them.

Keep the volume low enough that you'd still notice a smoke alarm, a phone ringing, or someone at the door. If you fall asleep in headphones, choose a volume and a pair you'd be comfortable wearing all night, and a session length that ends when you'd want the sound to stop.

If you use this near a baby, keep the speaker several feet from the crib, never inside or clipped to it, and keep the volume low — the same care you'd take with any sound machine in a nursery.

If your relationship with sound, or with sleep, feels difficult rather than simply restless, a doctor or audiologist is the right person to talk to. This is a mixer, not a clinician.