Water Wave Emoji 🌊 is a  wave of water, as breaks at the beach. This emoji is generally depicted as a blue wave with a foamy, white crest, curling to the right.

I may be used to represent water in general, various bodies of water like oceans, and water activities, such as Person Swimming Emoji, Person Surfing Emoji Png, and Sailboat Emoji Png. 

Apple’s emoji design resembles the iconic wave in Japanese artist Hokusai’s famous woodblock print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa (ca. 1830).