Underwater sound effects, recorded with hydrophones and built in the studio. The muffled hush below the surface and bubbles drifting up past your ears. A propeller churning somewhere overhead. Explosions that thud instead of bang, because water swallows the top end. Deep and a bit eerie.
Libraries
100
Publishers
45
Formats
Mono, stereo, M/S, surround, ambisonic
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$6 to $249
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Ocean and river sound effects featuring 121 stereo ambiences of beach waves, harbors, cargo ports, distant ships, shipboard ocean storms, deep underwater textures, forest streams and calm river flow.
Underwater ice creak sound effects recorded on frozen lakes with an Aquarian H2d hydrophone and Schoeps CCM4, featuring resonant fractures, tension cracks, impacts, and debris in surface, hydrophone, and mixed perspectives.
Featuring 34 distinct underwater movement sound effects, this collection captures aquatic ambiance through bubbles, splashes, waves, and water laps in both surface and submerged environments.
Deep aquatic recordings encompass diverse sound effects, from gentle bubbles and currents to powerful explosions, featuring underwater ambience, mechanical drones, and object movements in various water bodies.
Professional underwater recordings capture authentic diving experiences, featuring diverse sound effects from equipment, sea environments, and cave lakes, with specialized hydrophone and MS microphone configurations.
Deeply immersive underwater sound effects, captured through mono and stereo hydrophones, feature mysterious textures, ambient tones, and loopable bass elements with rich, analog warmth.
Crystal-clear underwater sound effects incorporate diverse aquatic elements, from penetrating bullets to bubbling motions, offering 185 versatile recordings for marine-themed productions and documentaries.
Explosion sound effects covering bombs, grenades, C4, landmines, missiles and drone strikes, plus fuses, timers, shockwaves, glass and metal debris, building collapses and aftermath rumbles across over 400 sounds.
Geofon sound effects capturing structural vibrations from suspension bridges, antenna pylons, geothermal steam pipes, elevators, escalators and an anthill, with 91 files recorded at 192 kHz/32-bit using a LOM Geofòn.
Underwater scuba diver sound effects featuring first-person recordings of regulator breathing, bubble passes, equipment clangs, muffled vocalizations, and microphone impacts across long and short dive takes.
Horror ambience sound effects featuring 24 loopable designed soundscapes across haunted locations including asylums, catacombs, graveyards, ghost towns, forests, hospitals, prisons, mansions and underwater shipwrecks in exploration and tension variations.
Dragon sound effects featuring over 250 designed roars, growls, fire breath, wing flaps, footsteps, tail swipes, and landing impacts with juvenile, giant, and underwater dragon variations for fantasy game and film use.
Spatial impact sound effects featuring 800 designed hits delivered in ambisonic and binaural formats, including boom hits, trailer hits, sci-fi weapon blasts, plasma shots, underwater impacts, magic spells, and rock and wood impacts at 96kHz/24-bit.
Underwater sound works on a simple rule: lose the highs and keep the lows. That's how designers fake it, and the designed water libraries do exactly that for games, with dives and transitions that sell the moment a camera goes under. Real recordings are stranger. A Hydrophone picks up creaks and engine noise from surprisingly far away, because sound travels further in water. The big underwater libraries mix both, from raw captures to designed elements like propellers and impacts. Low-frequency sweeteners help explosions and sea creatures feel massive. For a Submarine scene, layer a deep hull rumble under the ambience and keep everything else soft.
