Waves dream meaning is explained below using 17 different sources. Each interpretation is shown with its source.

Interpretation 1 — Silvana Amar

The waves in dreams may represent emotional fluctuations.

If you are currently experiencing a period of tranquillity and peace, you may be dreaming about calm waters and gentle ocean waves. This dream suggests that you may be gathering energy and recharging emotionally. However, more commonly people dream of violent and dangerous tidal waves. Tidal waves or tsunamis suggest a period of emotional upheaval. Anxiety, stress, and unconscious materials may be coming to the surface and affecting your daily moods. Giant tidal waves may symbolize current emotional unhappiness and psychological stress, which are threatening to destroy you.

The outcome of this dream may reveal how much strength you have to “ride out” personal storms.

For example, surviving the tidal wave suggests that you have enough strength to overcome challenges and drowning that you may be “in it over your head” and should seek assistance.

Source: The Bedside Dream Dictionary • Author: Silvana Amar

Interpretation 2 — Zolar

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breaking against rocks: friendship wil be short-lived; contend with the next problem.

on the bow of a ship: abundance of money from the accumulation of wisdom.

capsizing a boat: wil be cheated by friends through your lack of proper judgment.

coming onto a beach: are absorbing energy into yourself for renewal.

high crashing on the shore: expect resistance and face the danger within your community.

riding a: are motivated by potent emotions.

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buying: are easily molded into squandering money.

using: avoid lending money and refuse to help friends with financial problems.

waxing the floors of own house: wil borrow money to keep an important appointment.

others: wil not be successful in enterprises when you fail to keep appointments.

Source: Zolar’s Book of Dreams Numbers and Lucky Days • Author: Zolar

Interpretation 3 — Martha Clarke

Waves represents the threatening and sometimes stormy activity of the conscious, but also symbolizes a transcendent, open, and expressive emotion. To notice that you are being carried away by the waves indicates a passive attitude toward the circumstances, as minutiae easily distract you from your goals. By contrast, choppy waves announce a possible emotional conflict. Everything indicates that will jealousy and envy arise, and that aggressive outburst could occur at any time. However, this situation will be temporary. On the other hand, to dream that you walk over the waves predicts you will overcome the obstacles that separate you from your goal. (See WATER, LAKE, and SEA)

Dreams of waves denote, according to some superstitions, a need for inner cleansing.

Source: The Big Dictionary of Dreams • Author: Martha Clarke

Interpretation 4 — Nancy Wagaman

Waves on a body of water can represent: Power, energy, nature, or the force of nature.

Rhythm or cycles.

Progress or movement forward.

The idea of being carried along in life, making things easy for you.

Regular waves (one right after another) can represent: repetition, consistency, reliability, or predictability, a series of events in your real life.

Turbulent waves can represent a feeling or fear of challenges, obstacles, overwhelm, chaos, turbulence, or loss of control due to external forces.

One huge wave could represent sudden overwhelm or a sudden challenge in your life.

See Water, Body of, Flow or River, Swirl or Eddy

Source: The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary • Author: Nancy Wagaman

Interpretation 5 — DreamForth

When dreaming of waves, notice the type of wave. Calm, clear waves indicate inner peace of mind. You are in touch with your emotions and are stable. Calm waves may also foreshadow upcoming decisions in your waking life. Crashing waves, especially when heard, indicates your sexual nature and your need to be loving and tender with your significant other. Violent, unclear waves imply you have made a poor choice regarding an important matter. Finally, if you are caught in an undertow or tidal wave, you have been holding yourself back. Something in your waking life has brought unshed tears to your eyes, what is it?
Source: Dream Symbols and Analysis • Author: DreamForth

Interpretation 6 — Dr. Mıchael Lennox

Energy moves in waves, and any dream that features this motion is connected to the fundamental structure behind all movement. Waves in water are about emotional fluctuations. Waves that are more related to the physical laws of the universe are similar, but are more about thoughts and shifts of intellect. When waves are easy to navigate, all is well, as you can easily allow yourself to move with them. However, they can suddenly become overwhelming in the dream world, and if this occurs, you are examining your relationship to things beyond your ability to control.
Source: Complete Dictionary of Dreams • Author: Dr. Mıchael Lennox

Interpretation 7 — Stephen Girard

To dream that you are on the seashore, and surrounded by the waves, is an indication that you will be shortly placed in very difficult and distressing circumstances, out of which it will require all your energy and perseverance to escape.
Source: The Mystic Dream Book • Author: Stephen Girard

Interpretation 8 — Gustavus Hindman Miller

To dream of waves, is a sign that you hold some vital step in contemplation, which will evolve much knowledge if the waves are clear; but you will make a fatal error if you see them muddy or lashed by a storm.

See Ocean and Sea.

Source: Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation • Author: Gustavus Hindman Miller

Interpretation 9 — Tyler Wolfe

Tumultuous people or a stormy period in your life, Ps. 65:7, Jer. 51:42. Waves are also symbolic of false doctrine, trickery, and deceit, Eph. 4:14.

A wave may also be symbolic of a move of the Holy Spirit

Source: Christian Dream Symbols • Author: Tyler Wolfe

Interpretation 10 — James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver

Water is a common symbol for the emotions. Waves, being either smooth or violent, may therefore indicate either emotional calm or emotional turbulence.
Source: Dream Symbols in The Dream Encyclopedia • Author: James R. Lewis and Evelyn Dorothy Oliver

Interpretation 11 — Pagan - Anonymous

The waves of the ocean represent emotional ups and downs.

The bigger the wave, the greater the emotion.

Source: Tryskelion Dream Interpretation • Author: Pagan - Anonymous

Interpretation 12 — Ibn Seerin

(Swells) In a dream, waves means coming adversities, sufferings and punishment for one’s sins.
Source: Islamic Dream Interpretation • Author: Ibn Seerin

Interpretation 13 — Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin

1. Instability.

2. Sense of being “swallowed” or engulfed.

Source: New American Dream Dictionary • Author: Joan Seaman - Tom Philbin

Interpretation 14 — Stewart A. Swerdlow

Turbulence in life.
Source: Expansions Dream Dictionary • Author: Stewart A. Swerdlow

Interpretation 15 — Gillian Holloway

CSee Surf).
Source: The Complete Dream Book • Author: Gillian Holloway

Interpretation 16 — Internet Archive - Anonymous

See WATER.
Source: Mystic Dream Book • Author: Internet Archive - Anonymous

Interpretation 17 — Pamela Ball

see Water
Source: Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary • Author: Pamela Ball