
Tidal
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. File opened and checked on 5 Oct 2026; downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
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Tidal
Beach waves!
Tidal adds ambient water waves! They are most noticeable at beaches & shores where they get really big, but can also spawn around islands to help make the water feel more alive.
Waves can also crash against blocks if they're in the way, making rocky cliffs next to water even more dramatic! During full moons, the waves glow at night too.
Note: Tidal is currently in alpha! There's plenty of known bugs and plans for optimizations.
Lots of work happens behind the scenes to figure out where & how to spawn waves. If waves are not spawning, or spawning unusually(e.g. going wrong way), you can recalculate this info by reloading the chunks via F3 + a.
Dependencies
Requires Fabric API. In the near future, a config library might also be required.
Note for resource packs
If you decide to change the wave textures via a resource pack, the naming and mcmeta is very specific!!
The names & locations of textures must be the same.
A custom mcmeta format is used. Instead of animation, use wave_animation. This provides you with 2 options:
frametime- The amount of ticks each frame should exist. (Default = 5)frame_height- The height(in pixels) of each frame. (Default = 16)
It is expected that the animation is done with a single vertical sprite sheet image. The amount of frames will be determined using the frame_height variable.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as tidal-0.0.2-beta.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 194 KB
- Download link checked 7 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.