Ocean

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The ocean is an aquatic biome consisting of water. They are deep bodies of water with the surface at an altitude of Y=63, which is counted as the “sea level” of the world.

Oceans generate when the continentalness reaches lower values. Here, the terrain is mostly flat at a depth of roughly Y=45, below the sea level, although some underwater hills and cliffs may generate. Rarely, these are tall enough to peak above the sea level and form islands.

They border coastal biomes like beaches, stony shores, and rivers near landmasses, but can also directly border land biomes. Near mountains, this often results in tall oceanic cliffs, sometimes more than 100 blocks tall.

Ocean biomes are separated into temperature variants and deep variants. The regular, shallow ocean generates at medium temperature zones bordering lukewarm oceans and cold oceans, as well as the regular deep ocean.

Oceans are vast expanses of water that start at the sea level and end at the ocean floor, which is mostly covered by a one-block layer of gravel, though some clay, dirt, and sand patches may generate near shallow areas. Islands in ocean biomes are covered with grass blocks and the default, sparse vegetation.

The seafloor is often covered with seagrass and kelp, with “forests” of kelp frequently reaching close to or even touching the water's surface. Fish, squid, and dolphins frequently spawn within oceans. Shipwrecks and ocean ruins generate here, but ocean monuments cannot as they can only generate in deep oceans.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

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{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 595, "mobs": [ { "size": "1", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Drowned", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "1" }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 80 }, { "size": "1-2", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 33, "mobs": [ { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1-3", "mob": "Nautilus", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "2-4", "mob": "Squid", "weight": 8 }, { "size": "3-5", "mob": "Dolphin", "weight": 7 } ], "category": "creature" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 101, "mobs": [ { "size": "4-7", "mob": "Cod", "weight": 75 }, { "size": "3-5", "mob": "Salmon", "weight": 26 } ], "category": "watercreature" } }

These music tracks when the player is underwater in an ocean:

These music tracks play while the player is not underwater in an ocean:

In Creative mode, the following tracks can play:

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Issues relating to "Ocean" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• 👁 Extremely small ocean biome, being surrounded by plains and looking like a deep lake
  
  Extremely small ocean biome, being surrounded by plains and looking like a deep lake
• 👁 The Survival Island seed template thumbnail, a plains island in an ocean
  
  The Survival Island seed template thumbnail, a plains island in an ocean
• 👁 An ocean single biome world
  
  An ocean single biome world

• 👁 An ocean biome before The Update that Changed the World.
  
  An ocean biome before The Update that Changed the World.
• 👁 The view across an ocean with the maximum render distance.
  
  The view across an ocean with the maximum render distance.
• 👁 An example of an ocean before Aquatic Update.
  
  An example of an ocean before Aquatic Update.
• 👁 In older versions, chunk errors like this were common.
  
  In older versions, chunk errors like this were common.
• 👁 An ocean single biome world before 1.18.
  
  An ocean single biome world before 1.18.
• 👁 The old Survival Island seed template thumbnail, a forest island surrounded by a large ocean.
  
  The old Survival Island seed template thumbnail, a forest island surrounded by a large ocean.
• 👁 An ocean with ray tracing.
  
  An ocean with ray tracing.
• 👁 A shipwreck and ravine at the bottom of an ocean.
  
  A shipwreck and ravine at the bottom of an ocean.
• 👁 Sea pickles generating in an underground ravine.
  
  Sea pickles generating in an underground ravine.
• 👁 A ravine, shipwreck, ruin, and dolphins beneath the surface of an ocean.
  
  A ravine, shipwreck, ruin, and dolphins beneath the surface of an ocean.

• 👁 A very small island
  
  A very small island
• 👁 A ring of small islands in the ocean
  
  A ring of small islands in the ocean
• 👁 A view of kelp-filled oceans from the shore.
  
  A view of kelp-filled oceans from the shore.
• 👁 Ocean ruins and a small island visible at sunset.
  
  Ocean ruins and a small island visible at sunset.
• 👁 A small island in the ocean.
  
  A small island in the ocean.
• 👁 A chunk border in the ocean.
  
  A chunk border in the ocean.
• 👁 An ocean's edge is messed up by world blending in development.
  
  An ocean's edge is messed up by world blending in development.

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• 👁 An ocean as seen in Minecraft Legends.
  
  An ocean as seen in Minecraft Legends.

• Tutorial:Island survival
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  Beach
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  Snowy Beach
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  Stony Shore
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  River
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  Mushroom Fields