







Justwaves adds realistic water waves and animated shorelines to vanilla Minecraft oceans and rivers. It focuses purely on water motion while keeping the core vanilla art style intact. The shader makes beaches look lively as gentle waves roll onto the sand. You get fluid water movements without heavy performance costs on your system.
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Features:
- Adds natural wave movement and rolling swells to oceans, lakes, and rivers.
- Creates realistic breaking foam and wet shoreline effects along sandy beaches.
- Maintains the classic look of vanilla water textures and lighting.
- Runs smoothly on most setups by focusing strictly on water wave animations.
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Justwaves Shaders Download Links
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
- How to install: Download the .zip resource pack — do not unzip it. → Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks. → Enable it in Options → Resource Packs.
- Where to get it: Opens on the file's original source — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — see the MC Java Mods guides for the full walkthrough.
Justwaves Shaders (26.3, 1.20.1) – Realistic Ocean Waves and Shorelines is a free Minecraft Java shader. Compatible with Minecraft 1.20.1. Download it and open it directly in the game.