diff --git a/docs/api/v3.md b/docs/api/v3.md
index 4934fa4..04cb984 100644
--- a/docs/api/v3.md
+++ b/docs/api/v3.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-::: pydantic_zarr.v3
\ No newline at end of file
+::: pydantic_zarr.v3
diff --git a/docs/api/v3/codecs.md b/docs/api/v3/codecs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b74ab60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/api/v3/codecs.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+::: pydantic_zarr.v3.codecs
diff --git a/mkdocs.yaml b/mkdocs.yaml
index ddf31c8..3cdeb9e 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yaml
+++ b/mkdocs.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ nav:
     - API:
       - core: api/core.md
       - v2: api/v2.md
-      - v3: api/v3.md
+      - v3:
+        - Core: api/v3.md
+        - Codecs: api/v3/codecs.md
+
+watch:
+  - src
 
 plugins:
 - mkdocstrings:
@@ -47,6 +52,8 @@ plugins:
             docstring_options:
               ignore_init_summary: true
             merge_init_into_class: true
+            extensions:
+            - griffe_pydantic:
 
 markdown_extensions:
   - pymdownx.highlight:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e9fd4b8..ac54387 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ Source = "https://github.com/zarr-developers/pydantic-zarr"
 test = ["coverage", "pytest<8.4", "pytest-cov", "pytest-examples"]
 
 docs = [
+    "griffe-pydantic",
     "mkdocs-material",
     "mkdocstrings[python]",
     "pytest-examples",
     "pydantic==2.11",
-    "zarr>=3.1.0"
+    "zarr>=3.1.0",
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch]
diff --git a/src/pydantic_zarr/v3.py b/src/pydantic_zarr/v3/__init__.py
similarity index 99%
rename from src/pydantic_zarr/v3.py
rename to src/pydantic_zarr/v3/__init__.py
index da40886..1e2ef8b 100644
--- a/src/pydantic_zarr/v3.py
+++ b/src/pydantic_zarr/v3/__init__.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     model_like,
     tuplify_json,
 )
+from pydantic_zarr.v3.codecs import Codec
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Sequence
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ class AnyNamedConfig(NamedConfig[str, Mapping[str, object]]):
     """
 
 
-CodecLike = str | AnyNamedConfig
+CodecLike = str | Codec
 """A type modelling the permissible declarations for codecs"""
 
 
diff --git a/src/pydantic_zarr/v3/codecs.py b/src/pydantic_zarr/v3/codecs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24b5960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pydantic_zarr/v3/codecs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+"""
+Models for Zarr v3 codecs."""
+
+from typing import Any, Literal
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, PositiveInt, field_validator, model_serializer
+
+
+class Codec(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Base class for codec models.
+    """
+
+    name: str
+    configuration: BaseModel
+
+
+class BloscConfiguration(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Configuration for blosc codec.
+    """
+
+    cname: Literal["lz4", "lz4hc", "blosclz", "zstd", "snappy", "zlib"]
+    clevel: Literal[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
+    shuffle: Literal["noshuffle", "shuffle", "bitshuffle"]
+    typesize: PositiveInt
+    blocksize: int
+
+
+class Blosc(Codec):
+    """
+    Blosc codec.
+    """
+
+    name: Literal["blosc"] = "blosc"
+    configuration: BloscConfiguration
+
+
+class BytesConfig(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Configuration for bytes codec.
+    """
+
+    endian: Literal["big", "little"] | None = None
+
+    @model_serializer
+    def ser_model(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        if self.endian is None:
+            return {}
+        else:
+            return super().model_dump()
+
+
+class Bytes(Codec):
+    """
+    Bytes codec.
+    """
+
+    name: Literal["bytes"] = "bytes"
+    configuration: BytesConfig
+
+
+class CRC32CConfig(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Configuration for crc32c codec.
+    """
+
+
+class CRC32C(Codec):
+    """
+    CRC32C codec.
+    """
+
+    name: Literal["crc32c"] = "crc32c"
+    configuration: CRC32CConfig = Field(default=CRC32CConfig())
+
+
+class GzipConfig(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Configuration for gzip codec.
+    """
+
+    level: Literal[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
+
+
+class Gzip(Codec):
+    """
+    Gzip codec.
+    """
+
+    name: Literal["gzip"] = "gzip"
+    configuration: GzipConfig
+
+
+class ShardingConfig(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Configuration for sharding codec.
+    """
+
+    chunk_shape: tuple[int, ...]
+    codecs: tuple[Codec, ...]
+    # Default is recommended in the specification
+    index_codecs: tuple[Codec, ...] = Field(
+        default=(Bytes(configuration=BytesConfig(endian="little")), CRC32C())
+    )
+    index_location: Literal["start", "end"] = "end"
+
+
+class Sharding(Codec):
+    """
+    Sharding codec.
+    """
+
+    name: Literal["sharding_indexed"] = "sharding_indexed"
+    configuration: ShardingConfig
+
+
+class TransposeConfig(BaseModel):
+    """
+    Configuration for transpose codec.
+    """
+
+    order: tuple[int, ...]
+
+    @field_validator("order")
+    @classmethod
+    def check_order(cls, order: tuple[int, ...]) -> tuple[int, ...]:
+        if set(range(len(order))) != set(order):
+            raise ValueError("order must be a permutation of positive integers starting from 0")
+        return order
+
+
+class Transpose(Codec):
+    """
+    Transpose codec.
+    """
+
+    name: Literal["transpose"] = "transpose"
+    configuration: TransposeConfig
diff --git a/tests/test_pydantic_zarr/test_v3.py b/tests/test_pydantic_zarr/test_v3.py
index 74f8bdd..ca6b223 100644
--- a/tests/test_pydantic_zarr/test_v3.py
+++ b/tests/test_pydantic_zarr/test_v3.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     RegularChunkingConfig,
     auto_codecs,
 )
+from pydantic_zarr.v3.codecs import Bytes, BytesConfig, Gzip, GzipConfig
 
 from .conftest import DTYPE_EXAMPLES_V3, DTypeExample
 
@@ -31,14 +32,14 @@ def test_serialize_deserialize() -> None:
 
     group_attributes = {"group": True}
 
-    array_spec = ArraySpec(
+    array_spec: AnyArraySpec = ArraySpec(
         attributes=array_attributes,
         shape=[1000, 1000],
         dimension_names=["rows", "columns"],
         data_type="float64",
         chunk_grid=NamedConfig(name="regular", configuration={"chunk_shape": [1000, 100]}),
         chunk_key_encoding=NamedConfig(name="default", configuration={"separator": "/"}),
-        codecs=[NamedConfig(name="GZip", configuration={"level": 1})],
+        codecs=[Gzip(configuration=GzipConfig(level=1))],
         fill_value="NaN",
         storage_transformers=[],
     )
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ def test_from_flat() -> None:
 
     @staticmethod
     def test_from_zarr_depth() -> None:
-        codecs = ({"name": "bytes", "configuration": {}},)
+        codecs = (Bytes(configuration=BytesConfig()),)
         tree: dict[str, AnyGroupSpec | AnyArraySpec] = {
             "": GroupSpec(members=None, attributes={"level": 0, "type": "group"}),
             "/1": GroupSpec(members=None, attributes={"level": 1, "type": "group"}),