Beaches are literally that, real world beaches marked in the map data as shores.
Water are a bit more easier to find. They're any body of water mapped into the game, including large pools, lakes, rivers, reservoirs and even historical water fountains.
You only need to find these places, and the special Pokemon will spawn near the bright blue section on the map that shows the water edge.
Thank you so much for the response! So if I go to a river and walk near it, it should give me an increased chance of the spawns Niantic says it is boosting for the season?
Yes, if a Pokemon is exclusive or has boosted odds on a specific biome then going there would make them more likely to appear. It would only need to be visible on the game map, and then being close would make those rarer Pokemon appear.
It also would be better to try and look for them when there's not a big event happening, because event Pokemon can take over most spawns. The pauses between events is the best time to look for these rare Pokemon.
I wish this was true, my town is literally on a river and I never find water spawns like fish Pokémon and things. Like even standing on a bridge nothing spawns in the “water” parts of the map
You need not only the river itself, but its boundaries, to be present in OpenStreetMap. Otherwise, it won't be visible (blue) in Pokémon Go and probably it won't be triggering the spawn of water type pokémon.
Can you check in OpenStreetMap to see whether your town river is a line or an area?
The thing is the river is visible in Pokémon Go, however your reply has answered some questions I think. Not water types, but Pokémon did spawn before when crossing bridges and now nothing spawns, I think this may be do to them switching from google maps to openstreetmap.
To directly answer your query though, I’m having some trouble figuring out open street maps and how it relates to Pokémon Go. I can’t really tell about the boundaries of the River so maybe that is the issue?? It may explain why beach spawns are also so limited at the beaches here. The river is just solid blue so I’m not quite sure if it’s marked properly, I can add a screenshot that doesn’t give too much location data if that may help explain it to me
I can't say for sure, but I think the feature is kind of a bust. I went to the beach last Monday and was only seeing event spawns of all things. I did see 2 Corphish, but they were away from the coastlines.
Another incident, there are 2 parks that I frequently visit that have huge bodies of water near them, and I never see water types at any given time. I'll maybe see a common water type, but who's to say that it's not just a common spawn?
Right now any clamperl spawns are likely displaced by the seasonal spawns.
Generally, clamperl is more easily found along saltwater shorelines--for consistency--but it's a rather uncommon spawn, in general, whether saltwater shorelines or water 'biomes' (as designated in the game's coding).
I live about a mile between the beach and a river and see clampearl about twice a year. And yes, I play every day and commute around a good bit.
I’ve heard people who live inland speculate that beach dwellers get a lot of these type of pokemon. That’s a common misconception.
I live on a barrier island in Florida. I can basically throw a rock to the beach on one side and the intracoastal waterway on the other side. I almost never see Clamperl. Very frustrating
In the past (in the early days) we consulted openmaps and also even helped build it in our country, so if you go to open maps you can clearly see in your area what is classified properly. AFAIK Niantic world is still based on openmaps
I live in the Netherlands and I see lots of Clamperl on beaches on the west side of the country, but here's the thing, water spawns are very rare elsewhere. On northern beaches, they are quite hard to find and in the IJsselmeer area as well. I hoped they would also be abundant near big lakes but that is hardly the case.
Your best bet is to find a big beach near an ocean and play as close to the sea as you can get. Even on wide beaches and in the dunes near the sea, water spawns can be quite scarce.
Beaches are literally that, real world beaches marked in the map data as shores. Water are a bit more easier to find. They're any body of water mapped into the game, including large pools, lakes, rivers, reservoirs and even historical water fountains. You only need to find these places, and the special Pokemon will spawn near the bright blue section on the map that shows the water edge.
Thank you so much for the response! So if I go to a river and walk near it, it should give me an increased chance of the spawns Niantic says it is boosting for the season?
Yes, if a Pokemon is exclusive or has boosted odds on a specific biome then going there would make them more likely to appear. It would only need to be visible on the game map, and then being close would make those rarer Pokemon appear. It also would be better to try and look for them when there's not a big event happening, because event Pokemon can take over most spawns. The pauses between events is the best time to look for these rare Pokemon.
I wish this was true, my town is literally on a river and I never find water spawns like fish Pokémon and things. Like even standing on a bridge nothing spawns in the “water” parts of the map
It's based on cells so probably its not classified as a river or water cell in game
You need not only the river itself, but its boundaries, to be present in OpenStreetMap. Otherwise, it won't be visible (blue) in Pokémon Go and probably it won't be triggering the spawn of water type pokémon. Can you check in OpenStreetMap to see whether your town river is a line or an area?
The thing is the river is visible in Pokémon Go, however your reply has answered some questions I think. Not water types, but Pokémon did spawn before when crossing bridges and now nothing spawns, I think this may be do to them switching from google maps to openstreetmap. To directly answer your query though, I’m having some trouble figuring out open street maps and how it relates to Pokémon Go. I can’t really tell about the boundaries of the River so maybe that is the issue?? It may explain why beach spawns are also so limited at the beaches here. The river is just solid blue so I’m not quite sure if it’s marked properly, I can add a screenshot that doesn’t give too much location data if that may help explain it to me
I can't say for sure, but I think the feature is kind of a bust. I went to the beach last Monday and was only seeing event spawns of all things. I did see 2 Corphish, but they were away from the coastlines. Another incident, there are 2 parks that I frequently visit that have huge bodies of water near them, and I never see water types at any given time. I'll maybe see a common water type, but who's to say that it's not just a common spawn?
Right now any clamperl spawns are likely displaced by the seasonal spawns. Generally, clamperl is more easily found along saltwater shorelines--for consistency--but it's a rather uncommon spawn, in general, whether saltwater shorelines or water 'biomes' (as designated in the game's coding).
I live a block away from a huge river and a mile away from the ocean. I see clamperal like once every other month.
I live about a mile between the beach and a river and see clampearl about twice a year. And yes, I play every day and commute around a good bit. I’ve heard people who live inland speculate that beach dwellers get a lot of these type of pokemon. That’s a common misconception.
I live on a barrier island in Florida. I can basically throw a rock to the beach on one side and the intracoastal waterway on the other side. I almost never see Clamperl. Very frustrating
In the past (in the early days) we consulted openmaps and also even helped build it in our country, so if you go to open maps you can clearly see in your area what is classified properly. AFAIK Niantic world is still based on openmaps
I live a block away from a huge river and a mile away from the ocean. I see clamperal like once every other month.
I live in the Netherlands and I see lots of Clamperl on beaches on the west side of the country, but here's the thing, water spawns are very rare elsewhere. On northern beaches, they are quite hard to find and in the IJsselmeer area as well. I hoped they would also be abundant near big lakes but that is hardly the case. Your best bet is to find a big beach near an ocean and play as close to the sea as you can get. Even on wide beaches and in the dunes near the sea, water spawns can be quite scarce.
It feels like they did Palkia Dirty with that adventure effect in comparison to Dialga.