# Water Body Ocean 

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**Category:** World Creation\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [March 5, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/water-body-ocean/2375577 "2025-03-05T01:51:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/water-body-ocean/2375577/2 "2025-03-05T13:28:34Z")

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Hello, Koschei, Let me help you with the water body ocean. The gap is an expected behavior in the UE5 water system; it can be reduced but not eliminated.

I’ll leave you the link to the UE5 document on water body

> **[Water Body Actors in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.5 Documentation | Epic...](https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/water-body-actors-in-unreal-engine#oceanwaterbody)**
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> A look at the various water bodies available and how to use them to build worlds with the water system in Unreal Engine.

Additionally, I found a forum post that contains valuable information on this topic.

> [@Water Body Limitations for open world and existing landscapes that are not island based](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/water-body-limitations-for-open-world-and-existing-landscapes-that-are-not-island-based/536377):
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> Hello all, I have a landscape that has been sourced from a Height-map and has been applied as a Open World Landscape, with World Partition. The landscape is not of an island but is of a section of coastline at 8km in size it features a large harbor in the center and off to one side it begins to open up towards the ocean outside of the level. This harbor features many ins and outs of mini scooped bays with rock tips and sandy shores, anyway. I have been looking at trying to use the new Water sy…

Lastly, here is a tutorial on the water body ocean:

[![](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/8/d/2/8d228005a6c934b21bbedefa545f836727433505.jpeg "How to Create Water and Oceans in Unreal Engine 5 UE5 Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tmEmemHgI8)

Let me know if you need any further assistance!

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