The tidal wave symbolizes the confusion the dreamer has at this time of his life. Perhaps he is stressing out a lot about some matter. The dream suggests to do something immediately about it, because the stress is too hard to cope with. The tide wave is the symbol of your survival instincts either.
Dream dictionary: tsunami wave dream meanings
If you dream of the tsunami, then such dream denotes to the confusion and unknowingness the one is suffering. Perhaps you are trying to get some balance at the situation you are in at the moment.
If you see a tidal wave, then it shows some aspects that must be faced as soon as it is possible. Perhaps there are suppressed feelings and emotions that are unsorted.
…It is a favorable dream to see birds of beautiful plumage. A wealthy and happy partner is near if a woman has dreams of this nature. Moulting and songless birds, denotes merciless and inhuman treatment of the outcast and fallen by people of wealth. To see a wounded bird, is fateful of deep sorrow caused by erring offspring. To see flying birds, is a sign of prosperity to the dreamer. All disagreeable environments will vanish before the wave of prospective good. To catch birds, is not at all bad. To hear them speak, is owning one’s inability to perform tasks that demand great clearness of perception. To kill than with a gun, is disaster from dearth of harvest….
The flag symbolizes our convictions, ideas for which we are capable of fighting. If we wave the flag in front of other people it is a harbinger that wealth, honor and success are within our reach, but may indicate from psychological point of view the need to show our ideals when in reality we are too introverted to manifest them without fear.
The dream about calm and transparent waves announces you peacefulness and calmness in your inner world. Now you are ready to clear your thoughts and make a very important decision which will change your current life. If you hear how waves break of on the shore, then a dream will bring you calmness and relaxation period in your life. To be in a tidal wave shows your power to withstand against negative events or thoughts. In the dream to see muddy or dirty waves denotes to mistakes that you have done in your life while making important decisions.
…Hearing the waves in a dream indicates sweetness and relaxation. It also means positive feelings of sensuality and sexuality. Dreaming that you’re getting caught by a wave indicates the strength of your emotions. Seeing muddy or violent waves in a dream means that you’ve made a big mistake in an important decision….
…Dreaming of handkerchiefs, denotes flirtations and contingent affairs. To lose one, omens a broken engagement through no fault of yours. To see torn ones, foretells that lovers’ quarrels will reach such straits that reconciliation will be improbable if not impossible. To see them soiled, foretells that you will be corrupted by indiscriminate associations. To see pure white ones in large lots, foretells that you will resist the insistent flattery of unscrupulous and evil-minded persons, and thus gain entrance into high relations with love and matrimony. To see them colored, denotes that while your engagements may not be strictly moral, you will manage them with such ingenuity that they will elude opprobrium. If you see silk handkerchiefs, it denotes that your pleasing and magnetic personality will shed its radiating cheerfulness upon others, making for yourself a fortunate existence. For a young woman to wave adieu or a recognition with her…