Ocean is a base terrain in Civilization VI. It comprises all water expanses which are outside the shelf area, farther from land.
- Base yield: +1
Food - Impassable for sea travel until researching Cartography
Strategy
Ocean tiles do not provide much for a city, and almost never have any resources unlike the Coast. Fortunately (since you cannot found a city in the water, like in Civilization: Beyond Earth: Rising Tide), you usually won't need to worry about that, because you will have few or no Ocean tiles close enough for a city to work.
For all naval and embarked units, oceans are impassible until the Cartography technology is researched (or for Norway, the Shipbuilding tech, and for Maori, no tech). Thus, they present an insurmountable obstacle to early game exploration, and it is usual for different continents to remain separate (without contact with each other) until someone researches the necessary tech to sail in ocean.
With Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, now Seasteads and Wind Farms can be constructed to improve these tiles.
Ocean Names
Gathering Storm introduced a new mechanic in which Oceans can have different names. Below is the list of the names:
| Ocean | Notes |
|---|---|
| Antarctic Ocean | |
| Arctic Ocean | |
| Atlantic Ocean | |
| Iapetus Ocean | |
| Indian Ocean | |
| Pacific Ocean | |
| Panthalassic Ocean | |
| Rheic Ocean | |
| Tethys Ocean |
Sea Names
Gathering Storm introduced a new mechanic in which Seas and Bays can have different names based on the first civilization that finds them. Below is the list of the names and civilization of origin:
| Sea | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Qir Bay | Egypt | |
| Adriatic Sea | Hungary, Rome | |
| Aegean Sea | Greece, Macedon, Ottomans | |
| Ago Bay | Japan | |
| Alauquén | Mapuche | |
| Alboran Sea | Phoenicia, Spain | |
| All Saints' Bay | Brazil | |
| Amatique Bay | Mayan | |
| Andaman Sea | India, Indonesia, Khmer | |
| Arabian Sea | Arabia, India | |
| Arafura Sea | Australia, Indonesia | |
| Baffin Bay | Canada | |
| Baía de Sao José | Brazil | |
| Baía de Sao Marcos | Brazil | |
| Baie de la Seine | France | |
| Baie de Somme | France | |
| Baltic Sea | Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden | |
| Banda Sea | Indonesia | |
| Bay of Arauco | Mapuche | |
| Bay of Arguin | Mali | |
| Bay of Beirut | Phoenicia | |
| Bay of Bengal | India | |
| Bay of Biscay | France, Spain | |
| Bay of Campeche | Aztec, Mayan | |
| Bay of Concepción | Mapuche | |
| Bay of Fundy | America, Canada | |
| Bay of Gibraltar | Spain | |
| Bay of Kompong Som | Khmer | |
| Bay of Mecklenburg | Germany | |
| Bay of Pomerania | Poland | |
| Bay of Santander | Spain | |
| Beaufort Sea | America, Canada | |
| Bering Sea | America, Russia | |
| Black Sea | Georgia, Ottomans, Persia, Russia, Scythia | |
| Botany Bay | Australia | |
| Bo Hai | China, Korea | |
| Bracklesham Bay | England | |
| Bridgwater Bay | England | |
| Bristol Channel | England | |
| Busan Bay | Korea | |
| Caribbean Sea | Gran Colombian, Mayan | |
| Caspian Sea | Mongolia, Persia, Russia, Scythia | |
| Caulín Bay | Mapuche | |
| Celebes Sea | Indonesia | |
| Celtic Sea | England, France | |
| Ceram Sea | Indonesia | |
| Chesapeake Bay | America | |
| Chukchi Sea | America, Russia | |
| Coral Sea | Australia | |
| Dollart | Germany, Netherlands | |
| East China Sea | China, Japan, Mongolia | |
| East Siberian Sea | Russia | |
| Edsviken | Sweden | |
| English Channel | England, France | |
| Firth of Clyde | Scotland | |
| Firth of Forth | Scotland | |
| Flensburg Firth | Germany | |
| Flores Sea | Indonesia | |
| Foul Bay | Egypt, Nubia | |
| Frobisher Bay | Canada | |
| Gdańsk Bay | Poland | |
| Genkai Sea | Japan | |
| Georgian Bay | Canada | |
| German Bight | Germany, Netherlands | |
| Great Australian Bight | Australia | |
| Greenland Sea | Norway | |
| Guanabara Bay | Brazil | |
| Gulf of Aden | Arabia | |
| Gulf of Alaska | America | |
| Gulf of Aqaba | Arabia, Egypt | |
| Gulf of Bothnia | Sweden | |
| Gulf of Cádiz | Spain | |
| Gulf of Carpentaria | Australia | |
| Gulf of Corinth | Greece | |
| Gulf of Darién | Gran Colombian | |
| Gulf of Finland | Russia | |
| Gulf of Gabes | Phoenicia | |
| Gulf of Guayaquil | Inca, Gran Colombian | |
| Gulf of Guinea | Kongo | |
| Gulf of Hammamet | Phoenicia | |
| Gulf of Honduras | Mayan | |
| Gulf of Izmir | Ottomans | |
| Gulf of Lion | France | |
| Gulf of Mannar | India | |
| Gulf of Mexico | America, Aztec | |
| Gulf of Morbihan | France | |
| Gulf of Oman | Arabia, Persia | |
| Gulf of Panama | Gran Colombian | |
| Gulf of Paria | Gran Colombian | |
| Gulf of Roses | Spain | |
| Gulf of Saint Lawrence | America, Canada | |
| Gulf of Suez | Egypt | |
| Gulf of Tehuantepec | Aztec | |
| Gulf of Thailand | Khmer | |
| Gulf of Tonkin | China | |
| Gulf of Toroneos | Macedon | |
| Gulf of Tunis | Phoenicia | |
| Gulf of Valencia | Spain | |
| Gulf of Venezuela | Gran Colombian | |
| Gwangpo Bay | Korea | |
| Hann Bay | Mali | |
| Hanöbukten | Sweden | |
| Hardangerfjorden | Norway | |
| Heligoland Bight | Germany | |
| Hudson Bay | Canada, Cree | |
| Ionian Sea | Greece, Rome | |
| Irish Sea | England, Scotland | |
| Jade Bight | Germany | |
| Jawa Sea | Indonesia | |
| Jervis Bay | Australia | |
| Joseph Bonaparte Gulf | Australia | |
| Kanholmsfjärden | Sweden | |
| Kara Sea | Russia | |
| Korea Bay | Korea | |
| Kosi Bay | Zulu | |
| Labrador Sea | Canada | |
| Lakshadweep Sea | India | |
| Laptev Sea | Russia | |
| Levantine Sea | Ottomans, Phoenicia | |
| Libyan Sea | Phoenicia | |
| Ligurian Sea | France, Rome | |
| Lincoln Sea | Canada | |
| Lake Maracaibo | America, Gran Colombian | |
| Mediterranean Sea | Arabia, Egypt, France, Greece, Macedon, Ottomans, Phoenicia, Rome, Spain | |
| Molucca Sea | Indonesia | |
| Mont-Saint-Michel Bay | France | |
| Moray Firth | Scotland | |
| Morecamby Bay | England | |
| Mutsu Bay | Japan | |
| Nordfriesisches Wattenmeer | Germany | |
| North Sea | England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Sweden | |
| Norwegian Sea | Norway | |
| Paracas Bay | Inca | |
| Persian Gulf | Arabia, Persia, Sumer | |
| Philippine Sea | Indonesia, Japan | |
| Pitsunda Bay | Georgia | |
| Punihuil | Mapuche | |
| Red Sea | Arabia, Egypt, Nubia | |
| Sagami Bay | Japan | |
| Saltsjön | Sweden | |
| Sangareya Bay | Mali | |
| San Francisco Bay | America | |
| Saronic Gulf | Greece | |
| Sea of Azov | Scythia | |
| Sea of Crete | Greece | |
| Sea of Hyuga | Japan | |
| Sea of Japan | Japan, Korea, Russia | |
| Sea of Marmara | Ottomans | |
| Sea of Okhotsk | Japan, Russia | |
| Sea of the Hebrides | Scotland | |
| Seto Sea | Japan | |
| Singitic Gulf | Macedon | |
| Sodwana Bay | Zulu | |
| Sognefjorden | Norway | |
| Solway Firth | England, Scotland | |
| South China Sea | China, Indonesia | |
| Storfjorden | Norway | |
| Strymonian Gulf | Macedon | |
| Sukhumi Bay | Georgia | |
| Tasman Sea | Australia | |
| Te Ara a Kiwa | Māori | |
| Te Matau-a-Maui | Māori | |
| Te Moana-a-Toi | Māori | |
| Te Moana-o-Raukawa | Māori | |
| Te Tai-o-Aorere | Māori | |
| Te Tai-o-Rehua | Māori | |
| Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Māori | |
| Términos Lagoon | Mayan | |
| Thermaic Gulf | Macedon | |
| The Minch | Scotland | |
| The Wash | England | |
| Thracian Sea | Macedon | |
| Tikapa Moana | Māori | |
| Timor Sea | Australia, Indonesia | |
| Trondheimsfjorden | Norway | |
| Tyrrhenian Sea | Rome | |
| Umzinto Bay | Zulu | |
| Vestfjorden | Norway | |
| Wadden Sea | Germany, Netherlands | |
| Waitemata | Māori | |
| White Sea | Russia | |
| Wînipekw | Canada, Cree | |
| Yatsushiro Sea | Japan | |
| Yellow Sea | China, Korea, Mongolia | |
| Yof Bay | Mali | |
| Zuiderzee | Netherlands |
Civilopedia entry
The deep waters of the oceans scared mankind for much of history, braved only by the likes of the Polynesians and Vikings. It took advanced sailing technology to brave these waters - and today, we fly across oceans in a matter of hours.
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