Help with realistic water

[kbArt]

thank you! that's exactly the issue i'm having, it looks off. the thing is, though, i actually did work with various references. but i'm having trouble because i couldn't find anything where the water would be acting this way, probably because it's simply unnatural. so it would either look to foamy or too transparent and flat. whenever i tried to fix it and make it look more dynamic and "spiralling" this is what would happen. it always ends up looking fibrous...

and yes, i absolutely neglected the water's effects on its environment, thanks for pointing that out! i'm guessing this will be pretty hard to figure out too but i'll definitely work on it.