ASCII Art
Wave ASCII Art
Three rows of tildes offset against each other to suggest moving water.
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Try Wave ASCII Art
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About this entry
What it is
Three rows of tildes offset against each other to suggest moving water.
Section breaks, sea and summer posts, and calm channel headers.
Copy & use
How to copy and use wave ascii art
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Copy the complete value
Use the copy button above so the value is captured without its label, description or surrounding page text.
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Paste it where you need it
Section breaks, sea and summer posts, and calm channel headers.
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Check the final result
Monospace fonts preserve the intended spacing. Use fenced code blocks or preformatted text in apps that collapse repeated spaces, and check backslashes when pasting into source code.
Read the drawing
How this wave ascii art works
Nothing but tildes and a leading space on the middle row. The offset is the entire technique: three identical rows would read as a block, while one shifted row reads as motion.
Copy it without breaking the spacing
The single leading space on the middle line is doing all the work. Anything that trims leading whitespace flattens the effect completely.
Practical ideas
Where to use wave ascii art
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Section breaks
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Sea and summer posts
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Calm channel headers
Make your own variation
Lengthen all three rows by the same amount to widen it. Adding a second offset row makes the motion more pronounced, though beyond four rows it starts to read as texture rather than water.
Common questions
Using wave ascii art
What is wave ascii art?
Three rows of tildes offset against each other to suggest moving water. Section breaks, sea and summer posts, and calm channel headers.
How do I copy wave ascii art without breaking it?
Use the copy button so the whole value is captured, including the spaces, line breaks and less common characters that hold its shape together. Paste it as plain text: editors and chat apps that read Markdown can treat backslashes, underscores and asterisks as formatting and remove them, and auto-correct may replace straight quotes or collapse repeated spaces.
Will wave ascii art work everywhere?
Monospace fonts preserve the intended spacing. Use fenced code blocks or preformatted text in apps that collapse repeated spaces, and check backslashes when pasting into source code.
Can I customise wave ascii art after copying?
You can add a short label, repeat compatible symbols or trim the design to fit. Keep important spaces, line breaks and uncommon Unicode characters intact while editing.
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