Dreams of oceans are more related to animals than dreams in general. They are less related to insects, less related to unnamed people, and less related to strangers.

Dreams of oceans are less related to happiness, less related to embarrassment, and less related to confusion.

Dreams of oceans are more related to transportation and much more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human-made places.

Ocean dreams are much more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and less related to sex.

Ocean dreams are more related to recurring dreams, more related to vivid dreams, and more related to good dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to sleep paralysis.

Dreams of oceans are less related to hearing.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience oceans in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about oceans in dreams. See how you feel about oceans now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Because water in the ocean is always moving and emotion moves like fluid, the two have a strong connection. If you want to create a metaphor for emotions, the ocean in particular is a terrific symbol because of how it affects people emotionally, and because of the many analogies that can be made comparing emotions to the ocean. For example, a calm ocean can symbolize calm emotions. A rough ocean can symbolize turbulent emotions. A murky ocean can symbolize clouded emotions. A frozen sea can symbolize frozen emotions. Emotions can be powerful. They can toss you about. They have depth. Other characteristics and associations with the ocean can be used as symbolism. The ocean is a place where lives and treasure are lost. Its vastness is associated with seeing the big picture, with opportunity, wide-open possibilities, and freedom. It’s associated with long voyages, isolation, and exploration. See: Boats Another strong association is between the ocean and the unconscious mind. Both are vast, deep, and mysterious. The conscious mind is like an island in the ocean of the unconscious, or a boat atop it, signifying how small it is in comparison. Islands and boats are frequent themes in dreams that illustrate the relationship between the conscious mind and the unconscious mind. When you expand your consciousness, you can dream about discovering land that has been claimed from the ocean, or about the ocean receding, or an island forming, or walking along the beach and finding strange creatures washed up. The strangeness is a reflection of the newness, such as when a person seems strange to you till you get to know him or her better. It’s a projection of your perceptions. A submarine in the ocean can symbolize exploration of your inner depths. The depths of the unconscious mind can’t be overstated because in theory the unconscious mind contains all of the memories and experiences of the human species going back to the beginning. Basically, it has no bottom. See: Unconscious minds The analogy comparing the ocean with the unconscious has a deeper layer because you have a personal unconscious that connects with the collective unconscious. Your personal unconscious is like a warehouse for all of your experiences, potentialities, memories, and components of the deep psyche. The collective unconscious is the warehouse for the experiences of every human being who has ever lived going back to the beginning of the species. You, the individual, are just a tiny speck floating atop all that. So now you see why the ocean is a great metaphor for the individual’s relationship with the unconscious. Creatures that live in the ocean, such as dolphins, whales, rays, and octopi, can symbolize aspects of the unconscious mind or your means of exploring it. For example, octopi live deep in the ocean and can symbolize the aspects of the unconscious that are strange or foreign to the conscious mind. Whales can symbolize the strength and power of the conscious mind to go deep down into the unconscious. Dolphins can symbolize the love of exploration and playful attitude that keep the conscious mind from getting overwhelmed by what it finds deep down inside. See also: Beaches, Collective unconscious, Creatures, Dolphins, Emotions, Fish, Heat, Ice, Monsters, Octopus, Water, Waves, Whales, Unconscious minds