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350 Aesthetic Beach Captions and Short Quotes for Instagram

The beach can represent a dream holiday, a spectacular photo or a fun day with the family. Whichever one describes you, we have put together a list of all the best beach captions for you to share. And if you’re looking for short beach quotes for Instagram, we also have you covered.

Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.

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Beach Captions and Quotes

This weather’s hotter than my mixtape

Currently accepting any and all forms of ice cream bribes

Be grateful for good friends, hot sun, shady umbrellas and clear water

Current mood: seeking shade and lemonade

Feeling that summery beachy feeling

“Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy.” – Regina Brett

Blue skies, denim short & a salty tan

Sea you at the beach

When life gives you sun, make sunscreen lemonade

Happier than a Sea gull with a french fry.

Tan lines fade, but friends are forever

beach captions and short quotes for Instagram

Heatwaves can’t touch this cool vibe

You, me and the beach

Sometimes, beach time with your best friend is all the therapy you need

“To rise at daybreak and feel the sunshine as it warms my skin, the soothing sounds of waves as they kiss the shore and sand between my toes: a gentle reminder that life is good.” — Melanie Rogers Jimenez

Blazing trails and leaving salty tales

Palm trees and 80 degrees

Let the waves hit your feet and the sand be your seat

Summer lovin’ happened so fast…I’m melting

All vacations should be at the beach

So hot, even the shade is sweating!

“Like a sandcastle, all is temporary. Build it, tend it, enjoy it. And when the time comes, let it go.” — Jack Kornfield

Because every day should feel like a day at the beach

A little beach day lovin’

Sun shine on my mind

“Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro

Sunset + Beach + Friends + Food = Perfection

Chillin’ in the sunshine, living that heatwave life

I followed my heart, it lead me to the beach

“On the beach, you can live in bliss.” — Dennis Wilson

“Do I love you? My god, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.” — William Goldman (in The Princess Bride)

Heat wave hustler

“Not everyone has to ride off into the sunset with a man. Some of us just want a tan.” — Mandy Hale

Summer daze and scorching rays

Don’t worry, beach happy

“One day, all your worries will set like the sun does and deserved happiness will come gushing like waves at the beach do. All you need to make sure is that your trips to the beach never end.” — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

This beach vacation should get a speeding ticket

“It’s the sound of the sea that makes you believe in mermaids.” – Anthony T.Hincks

I’m a beachoholic. I admit to being powerless over my flip flops; the warm sun on my skin, the cool wind in my hair, the sound of crashing waves & the umbrella thingy in my glass.

Catching rays and serving looks, summer style

The best memories come from bad ideas done with best friends

Soaking up the sun and radiating positivity

These are the beach days we live for

Sizzling through this summer like…

This is my Resting Beach Face.

I hope someday I’ll wake up to see that I live on the beach.

If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed.

Tropic like its hot.

May you always have a shell in your pocket and sand in your shoes

“Only at the beach can we go a splishin’ and a splashin’.”- Kate Summers

The Beach, where doing absolutely nothing, is doing something

If you can’t take the heat, stay off my Instagram

“I can see us holding hands, walking on the beach, our toes in the sand. I can see us on the countryside, sittin’ on the grass laying side by side.” — Justin Timberlake

When life gives you sun, get a tan

“I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within — in front of the sea.” — Rafael Nadal

Beach Bum

If the heat is an art, I’m the masterpiece

I asked for a little sun, not a whole solar system!

Summer is a state of mind

Tropic like it’s hot

Child of the ocean

“Even castles made from sand fall to the ocean.” – Jimi Hendrix

Keep calm and let’s go to the beach

Living on the sunny side of life

Every summer has a story, mine’s just a bit hotter

I need some beach therapy

Isn’t it technically happy hour anytime there’s this much sun?

Never stop chasing your summer

Lemonade and shade days

Even castles made from sand fall to the ocean

Melting the day away with a cool treat and hot beats

“The waves came up towards us, fumbling and gnawing at the beach like an immense soft mouth.” – Ross Macdonald

Life is better at the Beach!

Heat wave? More like heat rave!

Life was meant for best friends and beach adventures

Chasing sunrays, beach waves, and sunsets

Don’t worry BEACH happy

Beach vacay is my happy place

Just keep swimming

Summer vibes on overload

Summer’s a wave, catch it

On the beach under a palm tree is the best place to be

“When two roads diverge… take the one that leads to the beach.” — Hannah Mckinnon

Everyone should believe in something. I believe I should go to the beach.

Just a hot girl summer doing hot girl things

I don’t want any shade unless I’m beneath a palm tree

If you can’t handle the heat, stay out of my posts

Getting my Vitamin Sea

Salty but sweet

Rise and shine, it’s beach walking time!

Mercury rising, and so is my mood thermometer

Sun’s out, puns out

Adios beaches!

May you always have a shell in your pocket and sand in your shoes.

The beach looks beautiful on you

Sun kissing ocean. Beach touching bum.

“A beach walk is for stretching your legs and your mind, for looking at life with newfound eyes.” — Sandy Gingras

Ain’t no shade when you’re made for the sun

I was born to explore, have adventures, and watch sunsets!

Beach days always

Throwing shade just to stay cool

I have a love so deep the ocean would be jealous

Soaking up the sun and pretending I’m a well-done steak

The tans will fade but memories will last forever

May there be just enough clouds in your life to create a glorious sunset

When life gives you heat, make beach days

Sizzling through the summer

“Summer bachelors like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be.” ― Nora Ephron

I’m a true OCEANHOLIC!

Sweatin’ glitter in the sunshine

BEACH: Heaven On Earth

Ocean Child

Trying to keep it cool, but I’m not a cucumber

I want to be wild, beautiful, and free. Just like the sea.

Let the sea set you free

“A little bit of summer is what the whole year is all about.” – John Mayer

The more tan lines the merrier

Go with the Flow.

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy.” – Porgy and Bess

Happiness is found under a palm tree

“To escape and sit quietly on the beach — that’s my idea of paradise.” — Emilia Wickstead

Sunny with a chance of awesomeness

The sunset is life’s way of saying good job, you survived today, here’s something pretty

Friends are the beaches of life

Memories are made in flip flops

Keep Palm and Carry On

Just keep swimming through this hot weather wave

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” — Jon Kabat-Zan

“A great beach sunset is like well-controlled arson.” – Dean Johnston

Race to the sunset? Bet I’ll beach you there

“It’s hard for me to put into words why I like the beach so much. Everything about it is renewing for me, almost like therapy — Beach Therapy.” — Amy Dykens

My favorite painting is a sunset over a beach

Chasing palm trees

Any beach day spent with you is my favorite day

Beach daze, always

You are the pina to my colada

“There is nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline no matter how many times it is sent away.” — Sarah Kay

Summer, please never end

Currently pretending I’m at the beach

Everything gets hotter when the sun goes down

My tan lines may fade, but the memories won’t

You either love the beach, or you’re wrong

Beating the heat and living my best life

Your only worry should be if the tide is going to reach your chair.

If there’s will, there’s wave

“When you’re in love, the world is brighter. Sunnier. The air smells flowerier, and your hair is silkier, and suddenly you find yourself smiling at babies and strangers and old couples walking down the beach holding hands.” — Jess Rothenberg

Palm trees & ocean breeze

Unwinding in a place where my beach vacation never ends

Heatwave? More like a heat rave!

I want to live by the sea. Laughter, beauty, surfing & to be carefree.

“Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” — Debasish Mridha

“It’s summer and time for wandering…” – Kellie Elmore

Turning the walkway into a runway in this heat

My beach vacay is the best excuse for lazy days

Beach hair, don’t care.

Sweat? I prefer the term liquid awesome

“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

High tides, good vibes

Sun-kissed and loving every minute of this warmth

Waves for days

Sweating like I’m on a first date, but it’s just Tuesday

Beating the heat with more heat

“Give a girl a margarita, put her on the beach. Smiles and paradise are now within reach.” — Spencer Antle

“I still love things that you don’t even need to pay for. Going to the beach and being around five of your friends and having a good time means so much more than going out and spending hundreds of dollars.” — Maria Sharapova

They say home is where the heart is. For most people, that consists of four walls and a welcome mat. But for me, it’s the ocean.

Glowing with the flow

A cloudy day at the beach is still a day at the… Beach!

Sunshine at the beach

“You’re not a wave, you’re a part of the ocean.” — Mitch Albom

The sun goes down. The moon comes up. And life goes on.

Ending beach days in a beach daze

Eternity begins and ends with the ocean’s tides

Keepin’ it sizzle

There is no place like the beach… where the land meets the sea and the sea meats the sky

Sunshine is the best medicine

Seas the beach day

What’s up, MTV. Welcome to my beach.

My love for you is deeper than the ocean

Not to brag, but I think the sun’s got a crush on me

My beach vacation is going swimmingly!

“One day, all your worries will set like the sun does and deserved happiness will come gushing like waves at the beach do. All you need to make sure is that your trips to the beach never end.” — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

No one likes a shady beach

Scorched selfies all day

In the waves of change we find our direction

Too hot to handle, too cute to care

Bask in the blaze

If I’m sweating, I’m not glistening, I’m melting

“At the beach, life is different. A day moves not from hour to hour but leaps from mood to moment. We go with the currents, plan around the tides, follow the sun.” — Sandy Gingras

“What I want in a good beach read is sunshine, drama, easy-reading, and transportation to another world and other people’s problems.” — Jane Green

Life is better with vitamin sea

If you’re lucky enough to live by the sea, you’re lucky enough.

“When a person dissolves into sand, maybe he leaves a little life behind. The life, out of which, we create our sandcastles.” — Pehal

“The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.” — S. King

The grass is greener where the sun shines brighter

Melt with you

Just a drop in this ocean of heat

Making this heatwave my personal runway

The best therapy is beach therapy

“When you walk on the beach at night, you can say things you can’t say in real life.” — J. Han

Find me under the palms

Disclaimer: The beach may cause extreme relaxation, changes in skin color, changes in state of mind, steady breathing, lower blood pressure, and in most cases it will cause addiction.

Happiness comes in waves

All I need is a good dose of vitamin sea

Keepin’ it hot, never lukewarm

If life is a journey the beach is my destination

Hotter than a pepper sprout and just as spicy

Beach vibes and palm trees

Just a hot-tea looking for some shade

Love you to the beach and back

I wonder if the beach misses me

When life gives you lemons, it’s too hot to make lemonade

Sunset beers, beach-side cheers, and dreamy days

“Don’t grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.” — Michelle Held

Ocean Air, Salty hair.

I’m happiest when floating in the sea

Heatwave hero

Sweltering but smoldering

Living on the sunny side of life today and always

“Summer means happy times and good sunshine. It means going to the beach, going to Disneyland, having fun.” – Brian Wilson

“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.” — Pamela Johnson

Nothing but sandy skin and summer smiles

Meltin’ but still smeltin’ good

The best days are beach days

I’m not sunburnt, I’m just a little overcooked

Beach life is better shared

Is it global warming or is it just me?

“To sit in silence at the shore, watch the waves and hear the surf, is to appreciate the very breath and heartbeat of the earth.” — Doe Zantamata

Sun-kissed sun of a beach!

Summer lovin’, happened so…hot

Sandy toes. Sunkissed nose.

“Today was about chasing sun-rays, beach waves, & sunsets. All things beautiful that give you peace are worth chasing. Everything else isn’t.” – April Mae Monterrosa

Too hot to handle

Beach. Sleep. Repeat.

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” — Rabindranath Tagore

Turning up the heat with my summer vibes

“After a visit to the beach, it’s hard to believe that we live in a material world.” — Pam Shaw

Call it fashion, but this sun hat is sheer survival

Spending my summer on the beach

Good vibes happen on tides

Good Times and Tan Lines

Basking in the glow and going with the flow

“Dance with the waves, move with the sea. Let the rhythm of the water set your soul free.”  — Christy Ann Martine

Keep calm and ignore the thermometer

I love you to the shore line and back

The beach gives me porpoise

Sweatin’ like it’s my day job

All I need are beaches and palm trees

Sunset at the beach- a time to shell-abrate like none other

Gone to the beach. Be back never.

Solar powered and proud

Nights get longer. Life gets better.

“Is it hot in here or is it just me?” – Everyone, every summer

Burnin’ bright and feelin’ alright

“Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can’t stand a little silence.”― Carl Hiaasen

The beach is calling and I must go

One sun beam at a time

Ocean makes one forgot the world and just relax

Hot enough for ya?

Set your clock to beach time

I need Vitamin SEA

Can’t sparkle without a little sweat

Beaches are better with friends

Whipping out the sunnies for a day full of sunnies

If there aren’t palm trees I’m not going

Beach you to it.

“Smell the sea, and feel the sky, let your soul and spirits fly.” — Van Morrison

I followed my heart and it led me to the beach

The smell of the ocean never gets old

Sun of a beach that’s a nice sunset!

Salt water heals everything

Life is a BEACH enjoy the WAVES

The beach: Life slows down. Friends stay longer.

Getting my dose of Vitamin D and Vitamin sea

Let the countdown to the beach begin!

“Pour me a sunset, kill the night, and I promise to drink with you forever.” – William C. Hannan

All you need is a good dose of vitamin sea

Scorchin’ and storin’ memories

We dream in colors borrowed from the sea

Making waves in this wave of warmth

Sizzling vibes only in this summer heat

Beach therapy should be covered by health insurance

Beauty and the beach, featuring a scorching sun

Sizzlin’ and chillin’, that’s the summer drill

Turning up the heat with every step I take

Here’s my “I’m not sweating, I’m glistening” look

Current mood: Sweat, sparkle, and smile

Sun’s out, fun’s out and I’m here for all of it

Sun, sand and pineapple in hand

It was love at first sight the day I met the beach.

Getting my daily dose of Vitamin Sea

Solar powered and proud

Beach bums and setting suns

Girls just wanna have sun

Life is good at the beach

Hanging with my grill friends

Sun’s out, buns out

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hotness overload, but let’s keep it cool

An ocean breeze puts the mind at ease

I lost my heart to the sea

All I need is a palm tree and a cool breeze

Some days ya just wanna put on some sparkly fins… and go live under the flippin’ sea!

I want to run the beach’s length, because it never ends.

Heat, happiness, and a million reasons to smile

You can never have too much beach

Food in tum. Beach under bum. Eyes on the sun.

Popsicle diet for the foreseeable future

Too hot to handle, but still cool for the ‘gram

Hotter than the forecast

Don’t Worry, Get Sandy!

B.E.A.C.H – Best Escape Any One Can Have.

Popsicle diet advocate

“I look my best when I’m totally free, on holiday, walking on the beach.” — Rosamund Pike

I just wanna live on the beach. Walk it at night and then fall asleep with the windows open and listen to the waves crash.

Time spent at the beach is never time wasted

Flip-flops and crop tops: my heatwave uniform

Feeling the summer beach vibes

Sea you soon

Grillin’ and chillin’

“A simple life is good with me. I don’t need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I’m happy.” — Yanni

Give me coffee to change the things I can, and the beach to accept the things I can’t.

“Every time I slip into the ocean it’s like going home.” — Sylvia Earle

Smell the sea, Feel the breeze. Hear the ocean be at ease.

Beating the heat and living my best life

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream – and AC!

As endless as the ocean, as timeless as the tides

Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of beach vacation

Forever BEACHY

“If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” – Jimmy Buffett

“I don’t weep over sandcastles anymore, I just watch the tides.” — Uma Sreekanth

Flame and fortune

Sun’s out, puns out

Life’s better on the beach under a palm tree

“Beach girls now, beach girls tomorrow, beach girls till the end of time.” — Luanne Rice

Happiness is a day at the beach

The waves of the sea help me get back to me

Sun’s out, buns out, and life’s all about

Life is better in flip-flops

On the surface of the sun, casual Friday means no spacesuit

“I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.” — Kellie Elmore

Life is Better in a bikini

Catch me melting over the summer spell – literally

Sun’s out, puns out… and I’ve got nothing but hot jokes

Just call me the human popsicle, I’m melting out here

“If the ocean can calm itself, so can you. We are both saltwater mixed with air.” — N. Waheed

“My life is like a stroll on the beach… as near to the edge as I can go.” — Henry David Thoreau

Spending my vacation on the beach

So that is it for our list of Beach Captions and Quotes. We hope you found the perfect one for you!

For more great ideas, check out our other lists of Sunset Captions, Horse Captions, Ocean Captions and River Captions.

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