Fog Horn Sound Effect

📝 Description

This Fog Horn sound effect is the deep, mournful blast of a marine warning signal rolling out across open water, pitched so low that it is felt in the chest as much as it is heard. It exists to be audible when nothing at all is visible, and that purpose gives it a built-in sense of isolation no other warning sound can match. The tone swells rather than starts, holds, then falls away into the distance without ever sounding urgent. Sound designers use it for coastal atmospheres and for slow dread in equal measure, because a single distant note placed under a quiet scene does an enormous amount of emotional work for almost nothing.

📊 Sound Details

Duration

0:05

Format

MP3

File Size

75 KB

Added

August 17, 2026

⚖️ License & Source

This sound is released under the CC0 license (public domain) — free to use in personal and commercial projects, no attribution required.

Original recording by kathol via Freesound. View original source →