U+1F30A · emoji since 2010
The great wave is the ocean in one curl. It means beach trips, surf reports, and salt water therapy.
It also flows figuratively: riding the wave, making waves, or feeling emotions arrive in sets. Cowabunga optional.
In texting, 🌊 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 🌊 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Water Wave emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the water wave emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 🌊 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.