Well, truth be told, I wasn't aware I had to adjust settings to spawn oceans.
So I will be working on this build for a while. Third year in the game with a little under two hundred hours vested this far. I havent even been able to locate bees yet and fat is getting harder to source the more I progress and use for things like the windmill.
What a cool game. I'm looking forward to Vintage Story for many years to come. What a cool job these hombres have.