About the recording
It was recorded on a beach at night. The waves are small and unhurried, each one breaking, sliding up the sand and drawing back. They don’t keep a fixed rhythm, so there is no beat to find yourself counting.
The full recording in the app runs about ten minutes and plays round without a seam. Here you get one minute of it, crossfaded end to start so you can’t hear where it turns.
Pair it with
In the app you can layer up to five sounds and set each one’s level. These go well with a beach at night:
- Crickets. Also recorded near the sea at night.
- Green noise. Green noise is often described as sounding like distant surf.
- Rain on a window. Rain on the window of a house by the sea.
All night, with the screen off
A browser tab usually stops playing when your phone locks or the tab goes to sleep. In the Lalai app, the full 10-minute recording keeps playing with the screen off and fades out on the timer. You can layer up to five sounds, put slow original music underneath, and keep everything on your phone for nights with no signal.
Free to try for seven nights. A beach at night comes with a subscription, $24 a year or $3 a month, and new subscribers get seven nights free. The mixer, the timer and a free sound in every category are free for good. No ads, no account, no analytics.
Listening safely
- Start low. Set your device volume low before you press play, and turn it up only as far as you need. The loops here are mastered quietly on purpose.
- Not too close. A phone on the bedside table is closer to your ear than it seems. Avoid falling asleep in earphones at volume.
- Use the timer. It fades the sound out rather than stopping it dead, so the quiet arrives gradually.
Lalai is for relaxation and enjoyment. We don’t claim that this or any sound changes how you sleep, and if poor sleep goes on for weeks, please see a doctor. More on protecting your hearing.
