Water route

A sea route or water route (Japanese: 水道 water route), is a route that crosses a body of water, and may be made up nearly entirely of water, with only a few islands. Sea routes typically begin to appear late in the game.

Sea routes usually require the use of the HM field move Surf for traversal, or in later games, the Poké Ride Lapras Paddle or Sharpedo JetSMUSUM, the Secret Technique Sea SkimPE or the Pokétch's Hidden Moves AppBDSP. In games starting from Generation VIII (excluding remakes), there are no specific water routes, with bodies of water present directly in the open world setting.

Characteristics

Sea routes are often among the longest routes in the games, often densely-populated with Swimmers who use Water-type Pokémon. Unlike land routes, wild Pokémon can attack the player on sea routes at any time. Typically, Tentacool and Tentacruel are common sights.

Some sea routes in Johto have whirlpools blocking the way, while some in Hoenn have spots where it is deep enough to dive underwater. Certain sea routes also contain currents which force the player to move in a single direction.

List of sea routes

The following is a list of sea routes in the Pokémon world. This list includes those routes which are numbered sequentially in a region as well as those which do not have numbers, but names instead, and help to link between numbered routes.

Numbered sea routes

Jump to: KantoJohtoHoennSinnoh (Battle Zone) • UnovaAlola


Route Termini Notes
English Japanese North East West South
Kanto
Kanto
Route
19
カントーの
19ばんすいどう

Kanto Water Route 19
Fuchsia City     Route 20 None
Kanto
Route
20
カントーの
20ばんすいどう

Kanto Water Route 20
  Route 19 Cinnabar Island   None
Kanto
Route
21
カントーの
21ばんすいどう

Kanto Water Route 21
Pallet Town     Cinnabar Island None
Johto
Johto
Route
40
ジョウトの
40ばんすいどう

Johto Water Route 40
Olivine City     Route 41 None
Johto
Route
41
ジョウトの
41ばんすいどう

Johto Water Route 41
  Route 40 Cianwood City   Location of the Whirl Islands.
Hoenn
Hoenn
Route
105
ホウエンの
105番水道

Hoenn Water Route 105
Route 104     Route 106 Contains underwater areas.E
Hoenn
Route
106
ホウエンの
106番水道

Hoenn Water Route 106
Route 105     Dewford Town Location of Granite Cave.
Hoenn
Route
107
ホウエンの
107番水道

Hoenn Water Route 107
  Route 108 Dewford Town   Contains underwater areas.ORAS
Hoenn
Route
108
ホウエンの
108番水道

Hoenn Water Route 108
  Route 109 Route 107   Location of the Abandoned ShipRSE/Sea MauvilleORAS.
Hoenn
Route
109
ホウエンの
109番水道

Hoenn Water Route 109
Slateport City   Route 108   None
Hoenn
Route
122
ホウエンの
122番水道

Hoenn Water Route 122
Route 121     Route 123 Location of Mt. Pyre.
Hoenn
Route
124
ホウエンの
124番水道

Hoenn Water Route 124
  Mossdeep City Lilycove City Route 126 Contains underwater areas.
Hoenn
Route
125
ホウエンの
125番水道

Hoenn Water Route 125
Shoal Cave     Mossdeep City Contains underwater areas.E
Hoenn
Route
126
ホウエンの
126番水道

Hoenn Water Route 126
Route 124 Route 127     Contains underwater areas, entrance to Sootopolis City.
Hoenn
Route
127
ホウエンの
127番水道

Hoenn Water Route 127
Mossdeep City   Route 126 Route 128 Contains underwater areas.
Hoenn
Route
128
ホウエンの
128番水道

Hoenn Water Route 128
Route 128 Ever Grande City   Route 129 Contains underwater areas, entrance to Seafloor Cavern.
Hoenn
Route
129
ホウエンの
129番水道

Hoenn Water Route 129
Route 128   Route 130   Contains underwater areas.EORAS
Hoenn
Route
130
ホウエンの
130番水道

Hoenn Water Route 130
  Route 129 Route 131   Location of Mirage Island. Contains underwater areas.ORAS
Hoenn
Route
131
ホウエンの
131番水道

Hoenn Water Route 131
  Route 130 Pacifidlog Town   Location of Sky Pillar.
Hoenn
Route
132
ホウエンの
132番水道

Hoenn Water Route 132
  Pacifidlog Town Route 133   None
Hoenn
Route
133
ホウエンの
133番水道

Hoenn Water Route 133
  Route 132 Route 134   None
Hoenn
Route
134
ホウエンの
134番水道

Hoenn Water Route 134
  Route 133 Slateport City   Contains underwater areas. Location of Sealed Chamber.
Sinnoh
Sinnoh
Route
220
シンオウの
220ばんすいどう

Sinnoh Water Route 220
Route 219 Route 221     None
Sinnoh
Route
223
シンオウの
223ばんすいどう

Sinnoh Water Route 223
Pokémon League (Sinnoh)     Sunyshore City None
Battle Zone
Sinnoh
Route
226
シンオウの
226ばんすいどう

Sinnoh Water Route 226
Route 227 Route 228 Survival Area   Location of Meister.
Sinnoh
Route
230
シンオウの
230ばんすいどう

Sinnoh Water Route 230
  Route 229 Fight Area   Only accessible after obtaining the National Pokédex and visiting the Battle ParkDP/Battle FrontierPt.
Unova
Unova
Route
17
イッシュの
17番水道

Unova Water Route 17
  Route 1 Route 18   Unova's only sea route in Black and White.
Unova
Route
21
イッシュの
21番水道

Unova Water Route 21
Humilau City     Seaside Cave None
Alola
Alola
Route
15
アローラの
15番水道

Alola Water Route 15
Route 16     Tapu Village


Named sea routes

Route Termini Notes
English Japanese North East West South
Sevii Islands
Water Labyrinth みずのめいろ
Water Maze
Resort Gorgeous     Five Island (town) None
Resort Gorgeous ゴージャスリゾート
Gorgeous Resort
  Lost Cave   Water Labyrinth None
Outcast Island はずれのしま
Outskirt Island
Altering Cave     Green Path None
Water Path みずのさんぽみち
Water Promenade
Green Path   Six Island (town) Ruin Valley None
Tanoby Ruins アスカナいせき
Asukana Ruins
Sevault Canyon       None
Kalos
Azure Bay アズール湾
Azure Bay
      Route 12 Location of Sea Spirit's Den

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 水路 Séuilouh
Mandarin 水路 Shuǐlù
  Finnish Meritie* / Vesireitti*
  French Chenal* / Voie d’eau*
  German Wasserweg
Wasserroute
  Italian Percorso acquatico
  Korean 수로 Sulo
  Brazilian Portuguese Canal Marinho*
Rota Marítima*
Estrada Aquática*
  Spanish Vía marítima
  Vietnamese Đường thủy


  This article is part of Project Routes, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every route in the Pokémon world.