Showing off pictures of that perfect beach day? Use these beach Instagram captions to sum up the summer fun.
110 Beach Captions That Will Make Waves in Your Feed
Ah, time to relive that perfect beach day by posting all your pictures on Instagram. How do you perfectly capture what that day was like, though? How can you possibly sum up all the fun had and memories made? While it may be hard to do, using the perfect beach captions can help convey the message to your followers.
Beach captions for Instagram are different from the typical selfie captions you use. These captions can be anything from funny beach puns to beautiful summer quotes. Typically, they add character to your Instagram posts and pique your followers’ interest. If you aren’t a caption aficionado or wondrous wordsmith, don’t worry—we’ve got you covered.
Read on for the best beach Instagram captions, whether you’re looking for something cute, funny, or inspirational. Bon voyage!
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Cute beach captions
1. Life’s better with sandy toes.
2. Good vibes and tide waves.
3. Saltwater heals everything.
4. Happiness is a beach day.
5. Sandy kisses and salty hair.
6. Sunshine is the best accessory.
7. Mermaid vibes only.
8. Let the sea set you free.
9. Palm trees and 80 degrees.
10. Eat, sleep, beach, repeat.
11. Catching waves and feelings.
12. You, me and the sea make three.
13. Just another day in paradise.
14. Making waves for days.
15. Good vibes & high tides.
16. Turning my beach day into a beach week.
17. Sunshine on my mind.
18. Beach days & sun rays.1
19. Wild & free—just like the sea.
20. Gone beachin’.
21. At ease with the sea breeze.
Funny beach captions
22. I’m an expert at sunbathing … and napping.
23. Beach hair, don’t care … or should I?
24. Dear beach, I’m sure I love you.
25. I wonder if the ocean misses me as much as I miss it
26. You can’t buy happiness … but you can buy ice cream on the beach and that’s pretty much the same thing.
27. Do not disturb I’m at the beach. BRB, never.
28. Did someone say seas the day? More like seas the snacks.
29. Washed up.
30. New job: selling seashells by the seashore.
31. Living for beach daze.
32. Gone to the beach … I might be back.
33. Bow down to the Queen (or King) of the Sand Castles.
34. Good times had: 1 Mermaids seen: 0
35. My boss asked when I’ll be back from the beach … bold of them to assume I’m even coming back.
33. Is it really a beach day if you don’t take half the sand home with you?
37. Just smile and wave, buoys.
38. Finally, I got a place with an ocean view! (Ideal for pictures of sandcastles!)
Punny beach captions
39. Tropic like it’s hot.
40. Shell-abrating good times!
41. Just a beachy kinda day.
42. Shell we dance?
43. Beach you to it!
44. Whale, hello from the beach!
45. Check out my resting beach face.
46. Seas you after my vacation!
47. I’m having a whale of a time!
48. All I really needed was some vitamin sea.
49. Don’t get tide down by the little things.
50. Beach better have my money!
51. Pretty shore this is a beach day for the books.
52. Funny sea-ing you here.
53. I shore love this view.
54. Water you doing if you aren’t at the beach?
55. Long time, no sea.
56. Shell yeah!
57. What’s up, buoys and gulls?
58. Current mood: fin-tastic.
59. Happy as a clam.
60. Seas the day.
Quote beach captions
61. “The cure for anything is saltwater—sweat, tears or the sea.”—Isak Dinesen
62. “To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.”—Jeanne Moreau
63. “If there’s a heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.”—Jimmy Buffett
64. “To escape and sit quietly on the beach—that’s my idea of paradise.”—Emilia Wickstead
65. “Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away.”—Sarah Kay
66. “The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.”—Henry Beston
67.”The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.”—Robert WylandÂ
68. “Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson
69. “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”—Jacques Cousteau
70. “A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven.”—H. Jackson Brown Jr.
71. “Patience and faith. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach—waiting for a gift from the sea.” —Anne Morrow Lindbergh
72. “One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.” —Anne Morrow Lindbergh
73. “My life is like a stroll upon the beach, As near the ocean’s edge as I can go.” —Henry David Thoreau
74. “My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.” —Rabindranath Tagore
75. “I can never get over when you’re on the beach how beautiful the sand looks and the water washes it away and straightens it up and the trees and the grass all look great. ” —Andy Warhol
76. “One learns first of all in beach living the art of shedding; how little one can get along with, not how much.” —Anne Morrow Lindbergh
77. “The never-ceasing boom of the great ocean as it breaks on the beach, drowns all smaller sounds.” —Alexander Maclaren
78. “It is easy to look at these waves, accomplishing so little and to think that no matter what efforts we put forth in our lives, all we’re really doing is rearranging the sand grains in a beach that in essence never changes.” —Neal Stephenson
79. “A beach walk is for stretching your legs and your mind, for looking at life with newfound eyes.” —Sandy Gingras
80. “When we are on the beach we only see a small part of the ocean. However, we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. We only see a small part of God’s great love, a few jewels of His great riches, but we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. ” —Corrie ten Boom
Summer-themed beach captions
81. Life’s better in flip flops.
82. Sunshine & tan lines.
83. Having fun in the sun.
84. Spending the dog days of summer by the shore.
85. Nothing but sunny days ahead.
86. Living for beach days and summer nights.
87. The summer breeze called & led me to the beach.
88. Lost (and found) in paradise.
89. Sunshine & smiles—the ultimate combo.
90. Name one thing better than a sunny day by the ocean.
Lyric beach captions
91. “I’m gonna soak up the sun.” —Sheryl Crow, Soak Up the Sun
92. “Wishing I was knee-deep in the water somewhere.” —Zac Brown Band, Knee Deep
93. “On an island in the sun, we’ll be playin’ and havin’ fun.”—Weezer, Island in the Sun
94. “Summertime, and the living is easy.” —George Gershwin, Summertime
95. “Under the boardwalk, down by the sea.” —The Drifters, Under the Boardwalk
96. “Bodies in the sand, tropical drink melting in your hand.” —The Beach Boys, Kokomo
97. “I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay, watchin’ the tide roll away.” —Otis Redding, (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay
98. “Suntan toes ticklin’ the sand.” —Kenny Chesney, When the Sun Goes Down
99. “Catch a wave and you’re sitting on top of the world.” —The Beach Boys, Catch a Wave
100. “Summer days drifting away.”—John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, and theater, Summer Nights
Inspirational beach captions
101. Anything is possible at the beach.
102. “Every time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature’s simple treasures, life and living need not be so hard.”—Psyche Roxas-Mendoza
103. “The beach to me is a sacred zone between the earth and the sea, one of those in-between between places where transitions can be experienced—where endings can be mourned and beginnings birthed. A walk along the beach offers the gift of the unexpected.”—Joan Anderson
104. “Take time in a place you love. Restore your spirit on the beach.”—Luanne Rice
105. Time’s never really wasted at the beach.
106. “Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.”—Robert Henri
107. “The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.”—Kate Chopin
108. “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”—Jon Kabat-Zinn
109. Get lost on the beach and find yourself.
110. The saltwater just has a way of cleansing the soul.
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