None of these scenes are meant to be remotely realistic, but rather impressionistic to invoke a mood.
Oceans
Sunset - Natural An attempt to make a less stylized, more realistic scene.
Sunset - Orange
Gold & Silver
Daytime Deliberately dark like the photographs I've taken of real coastlines, which have been under-exposed so the sea appears like oil or ink, though retaining the film’s blue bias.
Underwater Sunlight & Moonlight The flare streaks and halo can't be animated, so they aren't quite right.
Pale Blue Wave Geometry displacement which loops every 200 frames (though the textures don't), but I'm not good enough to add things like spray.
Algae Oceans
Skies & Smoke
Just using lights and sky textures in an otherwise empty scene, with highly exaggerated cloud effects.