adobe photoshop - How to make these waves effects?

I would like to to create the image above. I have tried to make multiples layers of the waves and edit it's opacity but it does not seem to work. I would really appreciate some feedback and guidance. Thank you.

Answer

What I did:

• Create each wave with white to transparent gradient in different layers (maybe solid fill works better)


• Each layer is set as "Soft Light"


• Layer order does matter, play around which ones should go on top of which till you get the effect desired.


• Set varying opacity for the lighter ones

I did it in all of 10 minutes I think. Hope it gives you an idea as to how to achieve it.