500+ Beach Quotes to Help You Relax and Unwind

There’s something about the ocean that is so calming and relaxing. Maybe it’s the sound of the waves crashing against the shore, or the smell of salt in the air. Whatever it is, there’s no doubt that spending time at the beach can be a therapeutic experience. If you’re looking to relax and unwind, check out these 200+ beach quotes!

Short Beach Quotes

1. Shell yeah!
2. “Sea-esta!”
3. Just beachy.
4. Sea you soon.
5. Seas the day.
6. “Sea la vie.”
7. Can we cuttle?
8. Beach, please!
9. Sun of a beach
10. “Just beachy.”
11. Shell we dance?
12. Sand-up comedy.
13. Fish and ships.
14. “Beach please.”
15. “Seas the day.”
16. Beach you to it.
17. Happy as a clam.
18. Beach vibes only
19. “Mermaid vibes.”
20. Talk to the sand.I’m an aquaholic.
21. “Life’s a beach.”You’re just jelly.Long time, no sea.
22. “Happy as a clam.”
23. “Tis the sea-sun!”
24. “Beach you to it!”
25. I want some Moorea.
26. Along for the tide.
27. Let me mullet over…
28. Ship happens, okay?
29. What’s your angler?
30. Fish you were here.
31. Resting beach face.
32. “Talk to the sand.”
33. Sorry, I’m octopied.
34. Me and my old chums.
35. It’s sun-believable.
36. Feeling beachy keen.
37. Surf’s up, hang tan.
38. “Long time, no sea.”
39. “Beach daze always.”
40. “Feeling fintastic.”
41. “We run this beach.”
42. Kayak you a question?
43. Cod I call you later?
44. Funny as a clownfish.
45. Tropic like it’s hot.
46. The beach is calling.
47. “I need Vitamin SEA.”
48. “It’s a shore thing.”
49. “Resting beach face.”
50. Dock it like it’s hot!
51. Quit squidding around!
52. I seafood, I eat food.
53. Seashells > Snowflakes
54. A midsummer ice cream.
55. “Sand on, stress off.”
56. “I don’t give a clam.”
57. “Sorry, I’m octopied.”
58. I’m coconuts about you.
59. Put some good dunes on.
60. Feeling fine and sandy.
61. Sunscreen-er questions.
62. It’s ship to be square.
63. Feeling fresh to depth.
64. You can’t ship with us!
65. The s’more the merrier.
66. Stay salty, my friends.
67. High tides. Good vibes.
68. “The beach is calling.”
69. Don’t get salty with me!
70. I reel-y love the beach.
71. There’s a sail going on!
72. Whale, hello there, you.
73. Beach More – Worry Less.
74. If in doubt, paddle out.
75. “Ocean air, salty hair.”
76. “Live life in a bikini.”
77. Don’t worry, beach happy!
78. I’m not shore about this…
79. He’s shrimp-ing my style.
80. Urchin kidding me, right?
81. Happiness comes in waves.
82. Good times and tan lines.
83. Let the sea set you free.
84. Tangled hair, don’t care.
85. Don’t worry, beach happy.
86. Just a fish out of water.
87. “High tides. Good vibes.”
88. “Keep calm and beach on.”
89. “Salty hair, don’t care.”
90. “Seashells > Snowflakes.”
91. “Stay salty, my friends.”
92. “Stay wild, ocean child.”
93. “Sea the beauty in life.”
94. Surf-vival of the fittest.
95. Girls just wanna have sun.
96. This beach is out-sanding.
97. I turtle-y love the beach!
98. Can we crab a drink later?
99. Whatever floats your boat.
100. “Beach More – Worry Less.”
101. “Forever chasing sunsets.”
102. “Shell-abrate good times.”
103. “Drown out pier pressure.”
104. Hey, water you doing later?
105. Nobody likes a shady beach.
106. Living my mermaid fin-tasy!
107. It’s a ferry beautiful day.
108. Excuse me, are you shingle?
109. Hard out here for a shrimp.
110. Beach, don’t krill my vibe.
111. Sandy toes, sunkissed nose.
112. Saltwater heals everything.
113. I need to be seahabilitated
114. I don’t wanna be tide down.
115. No one likes shady beaches.
116. “Let the sea set you free.”
117. “Good times and tan lines.”
118. Tis the sea-son to be jolly.
119. I’m a-boat to call it a day.
120. You’re very spe-shell to me.
121. Just a couple of beach bums.
122. There’s some-fin about Mary.
123. I’ll have the sea-sar salad.
124. Salt water heals all wounds.
125. “Eat. Beach. Sleep. Repeat.”
126. “Girls just wanna have sun.”
127. Shell yeah, it’s summer time!
128. It’ll be our little sea-cret.
129. Hello there, buoys and gulls!
130. I’ve got no fin left to give!
131. Take it with a grain of sand.
132. “Saltwater heals everything.”
133. “Sandy toes, sunkissed nose.”
134. “No one likes a shady beach.”
135. “Nobody likes a crazy beach.”
136. Did you splash me on porpoise?
137. They have a great friend-ship.
138. All’s seafare in love and war.

Beach Captions for Instagram

1. I can sea clearly now, the rain has gone…
2. We dream in colors borrowed from the sea.
3. All I need is a good dose of vitamin sea.
4. Happier than a seagull with a french fry.
5. “A good beach day keeps the doctor away.”
6. How are you feeling today? I’m fin-tastic!
7. “B.E.A.C.H.: Best Escape Anyone Can Have.”
8. “Pretty sure my birthstone is a seashell.”
9. “Just keep swimming!” – Dory, Finding Nemo
10. I manta apply more sunscreen, but I forgot!
11. I’ve been looking for salmon just like you.
12. Summer means happy times and good sunshine.
13. “We dream in colors borrowed from the sea.”
14. “Happier than a seagull with a french fry.”
15. Whale, whale, whale, look what we have here.
16. This beautiful beach is making me emoceanal.
17. I’m hooked on an eel-ing, high on believing…
18. This is sardinely an excellent fish pun, no?
19. My day at the seaside got a bit out of sand.
20. Being at the beach makes me happy as a clam.
21. A change in latitude would help my attitude.
22. “Beaches are God’s poetry.” ― Steve Maraboli
23. “SEA more of the world one beach at a time.”
24. “Feeling stressed? There’s a beach for that.”
25. “A woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets.”
26. Reading while you sunbathe makes you well red.
27. Life is a beach, I’m just playing in the sand.
28. In the waves of change, we find our direction.
29. You can find me where the sand meets the water.
30. “A day at the beach restores the soul.” Unknown
31. “There’s no place like home. Except the beach.”
32. I have a sense of urgen-sea to get to the beach.
33. I get a rush of en-dolphins just looking at you.
34. I stayed up all night to sea where the sun went.
35. If you’re happy and you know it clap your sands.
36. What does an umbrella say? I’ve got you covered!
37. I’m shore we will need sunscreen at the seaside.
38. I followed my heart, and it led me to the beach.
39. “If you need me, call me on my shell.” – Unknown
40. “Sky above, sand below, peace within.” – Unknown
41. “An ocean breeze puts a mind at ease.” – Unknown
42. “A walk on the beach is worth a thousand words.”
43. “True freedom is on the beach.” – Rosamund Pike.
44. It feels good to be a little shellfish sometimes.
45. This might be crazy, but should we tide the knot?
46. The sound of the waves has such a palming effect.
47. There’s no place like home, except for the beach.
48. The lower the latitude … the better the attitude!
49. Keep your friends close, and your anemones closer.
50. Don’t forget: beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.
51. It was love at first site the day I met the beach.
52. “If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed.”
53. I’m a crazy son of a beach, but you love me anyway.
54. I’ve been herring rumors about this beautiful beach…
55. “B.E.A.C.H.: Best Escape Anyone Can Have.“ – Unknown
56. Life’s a beach, but don’t let yourself get tide down.
57. The only BS I need in my life is: beach and sunshine.
58. I cut myself at the beach. I think I need a sturgeon.
59. My sense of direction leads me one way: to the beach.
60. Feeling stressed? There’s a beach for that. – Unknown
61. “We dream in colors borrowed from the sea.” – Unknown
62. “It was love at first sight the day I met the beach.”
63. “99 problems but a beach ain’t one.” – based on Jay-Z
64. Let the waves hit your feet and the sand be your seat.
65. I try to avoid pier pressure and just do my own thing.
66. “On the beach, you can live in bliss.” – Dennis Wilson
67. You have to sand it to me, I’m brilliant at beach puns.
68. If it requires bare feet in the sand, my answer is yes!
69. “On the beach, you can live in bliss.” – Dennis Wilson
70. “We are all equal in the face of nature.” – Noah Hawley
71. You’re looking so-fish-ticated in that new bathing suit!
72. “Time wasted at the beach is time well spent.” – Unknown
73. “99 problems but a beach ain’t one.” – based on Jay-Z 🙂
74. “A cloudy day at the beach is still a day at the… Beach”
75. Tell you my favorite beach? It’s really to be so Pacific.
76. “I’m pretty sure my birthstone is a sea shell.” – Unknown
77. “Some girls are just born with the beach in their souls.”
78. “The waves of the sea help me get back to me.” – Jill Davis

Funny Quotes about Beaches

1. “Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.” ― Ryunosuke Satoro
2. “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” — Rumi
3. “Writers begin with a grain of sand, and then create a beach.” — Robert Black
4. Did you know: Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim the English Channel.
5. You might also enjoy this post I wrote about how to chose the best beach chair.
6. “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.” — Isak Dinesen
8. “I miss being on a beach vacation and never knowing what day of the week it is.”
9. “When two roads diverge…take the one that leads to the beach!” – Hannah McKinnon
10. “Life takes you down many paths but my favorite ones lead to the beach.” – Unknown
11. “The ideal formula for writing is naked on the beach. That’s it.” – Freddy Mercury
12. “Sometimes a day at the beach with your best friends is all the therapy you need.”
13. “In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.” – Kahlil Gibran
14. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” – Jimmy Buffett
15. “A pool just isn’t the same as the ocean. It has no energy. No life.” – Linda Gerber
16. “Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
17. “The beach is not a place to work; to read, write or to think.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
18. Dear ocean, Thank you for making us feel tiny, salty, humble, and inspired, all at once.
19. “Beach girls now, beach girls tomorrow, beach girls till the end of time.” — Luanne Rice
20. When I’m feeling crabby, I can always count on the beach to make me come out of my shell.
21. “To escape and sit quietly on the beach – that’s my idea of paradise.” – Emilia Wickstead
22. Interested in beaches on the equator? You might love this guide to 22 beaches in Ecuador.
23. “Don’t grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.” – Michelle Held
24. “I look my best when I’m totally free, on holiday, walking on the beach.” – Rosamund Pike
25. “To escape and sit quietly on the beach – that’s my idea of paradise.” – Emilia Wickstead
26. “Life gives you special moments, especially those that involve the beach.” – Larry Wilcox
27. If you’re like me these quotes make you want to get back to the beach as soon as possible!
28. “When the warm grains of sand touch our hearts, we know we’re in the right place.” Unknown
29. “The beach is a place of solitude where I can set my spirit free and relax.” – M.L. Borges
30. “Give me a coffee to change the things I can, and the beach to accept the things I can’t.”
31. “After a long day at the beach, a hamburger and fries usually does the trick.” – Adam Scott
32. “Dear ocean, thank you for making us feel tiny, humbled, inspired, and salty … all at once.”
33. “When I come out of the ocean my eyes are sparkling. I feel like I’m reborn.” – Janne Robinson
34. “I like anywhere with a beach. A beach and warm weather is all I really need.” – Rob Gronkowski
35. “After a visit to the beach, it’s hard to believe that we live in a material world.” – Pam Shaw
36. “Sunshine, blue eyes, tan lines, slow tide rollin’.” — Song lyrics from “Beachin’” by Jake Owen
37. “After a visit to the beach, it’s hard to believe that we live in a material world.” — Pam Shaw
38. “Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.” – Kristen Butler
39. “It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” – Robert Henri
40. “When you walk on the beach at night, you can say things you can’t say in real life.” – Jenny Han
41. Looking for inspiration? Here are some of the best beaches in Nova Scotia, Canada (there are 41!).
42. “Give me coffee to change the things I can, and the beach to accept the things I can’t.” – Unknown
43. “I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within — in front of the sea.” – Rafael Nadal
44. “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” – Jacques Yves Cousteau
45. “Your only worry should be if the tide is going to reach the chair.” – based on Zac Brown Band lyric
46. I love you more than there are grains of sand on the beach, fish in the sea, and waves in the ocean.
47. “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” – Jacques Yves Cousteau
48. “The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective.” – Beyonce
49. “To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.” – Jeanne Moreau

On the Beach Quotes

1. “For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always our self we find in the sea.” — E. E. Cummings
2. “A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
3. “Limitless and immortal, the waters are the beginning and end of all things on earth.” – Heinrich Zimmer
4. “The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.” – Robert Wyland
5. “My life is like a stroll upon the beach, as near to the ocean’s edge as I can go.” – Henry David Thoreau
6. “The true beauty of a woman can be observed when she has spent the day at the beach.” – Troian Bellisario
7. “The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.“ – Robert Wyland
8. Why I love this quote: It is such a happy quote that makes me feel great about being a unique individual.
9. “The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
10. “Give a girl a margarita, put her on the beach. Smiles and paradise are now within reach.” — Spencer Antle
11. Life is like the ocean. It can be calm and still and rough or rigid. But in the end, it is always beautiful.
12. “The ocean makes me feel really small and it makes me put my whole life into perspective.” – Beyoncé Knowles
13. “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Christopher Columbus
14. “Life is like the ocean. It can be calm and still and rough or rigid. But in the end, it is always beautiful!”
15. “Dance with the waves, move with the sea. Let the rhythm of the water set your soul free.” – Christy Ann Martine
16. “Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part.” – Hermann Broch
17. “Only worry in the world is if the tide’s gonna reach my chair.” – Song lyrics from “Knew Deep” by Zac Brown Band
18. “It’s not worth it to build castles on the sand if they get destroyed by the waves of reality.” ― Mladen Đorđević
19. “True love is the tide that pulls out to sea, but always returns to kiss the shore at sunrise.” ― Shannon L. Alder
20. “Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills.” – Ambrose Bierce
21. Quote Interpretation: This quote offers a similar meaning as the popular phrase “the best things in life are free.”
22. “Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.” – H.P. Lovecraft
23. “The beach is where our souls realign with the universe. The horizon answers questions. The surroundings give peace.”
24. Related read: I also have some great blogs about mountain quotes or mountain captions for Instagram – check them out!
25. “She would be half a planet away, floating in a turquoise sea, dancing by moonlight to flamenco guitar.” – Janet Fitch
26. “There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” – Jo Walton
27. “The ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and frightened with the memories of the dreams of time.” – H.P. Lovecraft
28. “When I need to take time to reenergize, I go somewhere by the ocean to sit back and watch the sunsets.” – Guy Laliberte
29. “Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest.” – G. K. Chesterton
30. “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
31. “Sky above, sand below, peace within. “If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” – Jimmy Buffett
32. “To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.” – Isaac Newton
33. “My god, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.” William Goldman (in The Princess Bride)
34. “The day I stop being inspired to write songs, I’ll go sit on the beach – until I become inspired again.” – Brett Eldredge
35. “If you think about it, finding true love is a lot like finding a particular grain of sand on the beach.” – Chrissy Anderson
36. “To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me” – Sir Isaac Newton
37. “I am definitely a beach person. In fact, I am so much a beach person that my wife is allergic to beaches now.” – Barun Sobti
38. “In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” – Rachel Carson
39. Why I love this quote: This quote speaks directly to me. The beach is my happy place, and this quote describes that perfectly.
40. “In every out thrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” – Rachel Carson
41. “Mind on a permanent vacation, the ocean is my only medication, wishing my condition isn’t ever going to go away”.― Jimmy Buffett
42. “She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.” – Holly Black
43. Why I love this quote: There’s no way around it – it’s a great pun! Plus, even if you read it not as a pun, it’s totally true too.
44. “She was no better than the shells by her feet, tumbling this way and that at the beck and call of the waves.” ― Katherine McIntyre
45. Why I love this quote: This quote reminds us to relax at the beach, no need for shoes or anything fancy – that’s why I love the beach!
46. “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
47. “When I think back to my childhood, I just think of the word ‘freedom.’ In the summers, we spent all day on the beach.” – Donna Langley

Love on the Beach Quotes

1. “One learns first of all in beach living the art of shredding; how little one can get along with, not how much.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
2. “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
3. “At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.” – Natalie Wood
4. “Sometimes she wants to drift away like ocean waves and sometimes she wants to stay still like a river, wrapped in solitude.” ― Nitya Prakash
5. “We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop” — Mother Teresa
6. “On most holidays, you’ll find me in Mexico. Actually, on most holidays you won’t find me. I’m at a beach, and it’s wonderful.” – Krysten Sinema
7. “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
8. “I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought.” – Helen Keller
9. “The beach is definitely where I feel most at home. It’s my oxygen. I forget how much I need it sometimes when I’m away working.” – Behati Prinsloo
10. “If everyone could just live near the ocean, I think we’d all be happier. It’s hard to be down about anything knee deep in the sand.” – Crystal Woods
11. “Beachology. Be shore of yourself. Don’t be crabby. Let the worries drift away. Drown out pier pressure. Soak up positive energy. Seas life’s moments.”
12. Did you know: Freddy Mercury was the lead singer for the rock band Queen. He is also a songwriter, and this quote is about him writing songs on the beach.
13. “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
14. “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
15. “Her happiness floated like waves of ocean along the coast of her life. She found lyrics of her life in his arms but she never sung her song.” ― Santosh Kalwar
16. “A beach is not only a sweep of sand, but shells of sea creatures, the sea glass, the seaweed, the incongruous objects washed up by the ocean.” – Henry Grunwald
17. “If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me, one day I’ll know, if I go there’s just no telling how far I’ll go.” — Moana from the song “How Far I’ll Go”
18. Quote Interpretation: This quote reminds us that everything we do in life matters. It may seem insignificant, but it is not and an important piece to any puzzle.
19. Why I love this quote: It’s simple really, I love the movie Moana and the song this quote is from. Disney movies have some of the best inspirational beach quotes!
20. “I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.” – Drew Barrymore
21. Quote Interpretation: This quote tells us that change is a good thing. In the midst of change we can truly find our correct path. We need change to change in life.
22. “On an island in the sun, we’ll be playing and having fun, and it makes me feel so fine, I can’t control my brain.” — Song lyrics from “Island In The Sun” by Weezer
23. “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
24. “At the beach, life is different. Time doesn’t move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan by the tides, and follow the sun.” – Sandy Gingras
25. “At the beach, life is different. Time doesn’t move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan by the tides and follow the sun. “ – Sandy Gingras
26. “The calming movement of the sea along with the restless ocean breeze gently caresses me creating a soothing trance which lulls me to a place of peace.” – M. L. Borges
27. Quote Interpretation: Few things in this world go better together than bacon and eggs, and this quote tells us that sunshine and waves also go together just this well.
28. Why I love this quote: It is a great pun for the popular phrase “resting b*itch phrase” but also could just be referring to a person’s face when relaxing on the beach.
29. Did You Know: Luanne Rice is a New York Times best-selling author. She has 36 novels published including one titled “Beach Girls”, where this girly beach quote is from.
30. “The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.”― Vincent Van Gogh
31. Did you know: “Groundswell” was the first novel written by Katie Lee, novelist and ex-wife to Billy Joel. It is a fiction feel-good novel that takes place at the beach.
32. “There’s an ease that I have living in Australia. The best things about Sydney are free: the sunshine’s free, and the harbor’s free, and the beach is free.” – Russell Crowe
33. Quote Interpretation: Gandhi is using the ocean as a metaphor in the above quote. The bad actions of a few people should not influence our opinion towards humanity negatively.
34. “Worry is something you can make as big as the tallest mountain, or as small as a pebble on the beach. It is up to you to decide which you would rather have.” – Byron Pulsifer
35. “Beach Rules: Soak up the sun. Ride the waves. Breathe the salty air. Feel the breeze. Build sandcastles. Rest, relax, reflect. Collect seashells. Bare-feet required.”- Unknown
36. “It was as if when I looked into his eyes, I was standing alone on the edge of the world…on a windswept ocean beach. There was nothing but the soft roar of the waves.” – Anne Rice
37. Quote Interpretation: This beach quote reminds us that people change from time to time. Sometimes they want to explore the unknown, and sometimes they are happy with what is known.
38. “I believe in the ocean curing all bad moods. I believe in the waves wiping away worries. I believe in seashells bringing good luck. I believe in toes in the sand grounding my soul.”
39. Tell me if I’m wrong, but one of the best things about being on vacation is the fact that it doesn’t matter if it’s the weekend or not – running on “beach time.”

Romantic Beach Quotes

1. Advice from the Ocean: Be shore of yourself. Come out of your shell. Take time to coast. Avoid pier pressure. Sea life’s beauty. Don’t get so tide down on work that you miss out on life’s beautiful waves.
2. “The beach to me is a sacred zone between the earth and the sea, one of those in-between places where transitions can be experienced — where endings can be mourned and beginnings birthed.” – Joan Anderson
3. “Babies don’t need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach… it pisses me off! I’ll go over to a little baby and say ‘What are you doing here? You haven’t worked a day in your life!’” – Steven Wright
4. Why I love this quote: This beach quote is a funny take on Robert Frost’s famous hiking quote, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”
5. “Advice from the Ocean: Be shore of yourself. Come out of your shell. Take time to coast. Avoid pier pressure. Sea life’s beauty. Don’t get so tide down on work that you miss out on life’s beautiful waves.”
6. “Your thoughts, feelings and sensations are the waves of the ocean coming and going. There are big strong waves and there are soft gentle waves; they are all water and all part of the ocean.” – Rose-Marie Sorokin
7. Why I love this quote: This beach quote conveys a message about how some of the best things in life are free. I totally agree with this statement, plus I absolutely love watching sunsets (especially at the beach!)
8. “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
9. Quote Interpretation: To me, this beach quote is a metaphor for a girl’s indecisions or frequent changes based on external forces around her. I’m sure depending on the context it could have various interpretations.
10. “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
11. Looking for some inspiration or a little motivation? These next quotes are about the beach but also carry an inspiring message. Inspirational beach quotes are some of my favorites as they are generally super happy.
12. “Advice from the Ocean: Be shore of yourself. Come out of your shell. Take time to coast. Avoid pier pressure. Sea life’s beauty. Don’t get so tide down on work that you miss out on life’s beautiful waves.” – Unknown
13. Looking for a beach quote that’s short and sweet? Then these next quotes are perfect. Although only a couple of words long, they are witty and cute. To me, these beach quotes are perfect for crafting or scrapbooking!
14. “Look at that sea, girls–all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn’t enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.” ― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
15. “You fish, swim, eat, laze around, and everyone’s so friendly. It’s such simple stuff, but… If I could stop the world and restart life, put the clock back, I think I’d restart it like this. For everyone.” ― Alex Garland
16. Why I love this quote: We can thank Cyndi Lauper for this funny beach pun. It takes her famous song “Girls just wanna have fun” and makes it into the perfect caption about how much girls love just being in the sunshine!
17. “I love the sea’s sounds and the way it reflects the sky. The colors that shimmer across its surface are unbelievable. This, combined with the color of the water over white sand, surprises me every time.” – John Dyer, Poet
18. “I was always an unusual girl. My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean.” ― Lana Del Rey
19. “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
20. “The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can’t.” — Christopher Paolini
21. Quote Interpretation: Things that bring you peace are worth pursuing, things that do not bring peace are not worth your time. This inspiring beach quote tells us that a day at the beach is one of the peaceful things worth doing.
22. “To me, the sea is like a person–like a child that I’ve known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I’m out there.” – Gertrude Ederle, First Woman to Swim the English Channel
23. “For her the ocean was more than a dream, it was a place she needed to visit to find herself. And when she returned to the city, you could see the sun in her eyes, the wind in her hair, and taste the infinite salt in her lips.” – Jose Chavez
24. Why I love this quote: Similar to quotes about spending time in the mountains, this day at the beach quote reminds us that nature is the best therapy. Can you think of a better therapy session than a day at the beach with your best friends!?
25. “When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
26. “For her the ocean was more than a dream, it was a place she needed to visit to find herself. And when she returned to the city, you could see the sun in her eyes, the wind in her hair, and taste in the infinite salt on her lips.” – José Chaves
27. These next quotes are about beaches, but often their meaning is deeper and relates to life in general. I’ve included my own interpretations for a few of them, but keep in mind, your own interpretation may differ – which is why quotes are so awesome!
28. I love reading quotes. They keep me inspired and thinking. Browse around my site for more interesting quotes. I even have a few other great beach quote blogs including funny beach quotes, short beach quotes, and beach captions perfect for Instagram.
29. “I have always wanted to write a novel, and I tried many times but could never find the right story. One day, I was walking on the beach, and the idea for ‘Groundswell’ hit me. I went into the house and started writing and never stopped.” – Katie Lee
30. “I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.” – Anna Quindlen
31. No blog about beach quotes would be complete without a section on funny beach quotes including great beach puns (hint, there are a lot of them!) From “Vitamin Sea” quotes to “it’s a shore thing”, you’ll read lots of witty and funny quotes next – enjoy!
32. “When we walk along the beach and feel the sand beneath our toes and then the surf sends small waves to gently caress our feet; then we smell the saltiness upon the wind; that is when we know that we have come home from whence we came.” ― Anthony Hincks
33. Quote Interpretation: Much like quotes about climbing mountains, this quote reminds us how dangerous fear is in life. Using surfing as a metaphor, it tells us how must ride the wave with confidence to survive, the same way you must act in life – fearlessly.
34. Quote Interpretation: To me, this is one of the most interesting beach quotes. I’m sure it can have many different meanings, but what I take from it is about dreaming and goal-setting. That there is no point in dreaming if you’ll let reality destroy those dreams.
35. “We walk up the beach under the stars. And when we are tired of walking, we lie flat on the sand under a bowl of stars. We feel stretched, expanded to take in their compass. They pour into us until we are filled with stars, up to the brim.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
36. Why I love this quote: A seashell is definitely not anybody’s true birthstone – which is why this is one of the funnier beach quotes. By saying it is though, is indicating you were born for the beach – I would be pretty happy if my birthstone was actually a seashell!
37. “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
38. “Perhaps summer’s ephemeral nature is what inspires us to embrace the beach read. We tell ourselves that these twisted plots and wild characters are literary ice cream sundaes – extravagant treats that aren’t as calorie-laden when we’re wearing flip flops.” – Sarah MacLean

Beach Quotes About Life

1. “In times of uncertainty – whether it’s economic, psychological, emotional, or philosophical – people often say that the only thing we can truly control is our attitudes. If that’s true, then I’m going to spend today walking my 14-year-old dog on a free beach and treasuring the fact that she’s still alive.” – Ali Liebegott
2. One of my favorite thing about quotes is their ability to get you thinking. Some quotes use metaphors and have deeper meanings than what you might originally think. It’s these quotes that get the wheels turning and ignite an internal conversation. Within these quotes is where we learn something new by taking some time to reflect.
3. Why I love this quote: To me, this short beach quote is such a cute play on words. Based on the popular phrase “tis the season” which refers to Christmas, this quote has a beachy spin to it. I can see it as a cute beach caption for Instagram with a photo of someone wearing a Santa hat on the beach. Christmas at the beach, anyone?
4. “No words can express, The depth of her contentment, As she walks along the beach. As the waves lap against the shores, They create the rhythm of her life. Balmy breeze kiss, Her sun-bronzed skin, And she wonders. Could there ever be a greater destiny, Than to be born with love, For the treasures of the sea? Here, she is home.” – Suzy Toronto
5. “No words can express, The depth of her contentment, As she walks along the beach. As the waves lap against the shores, They create the rhythm of her life. Balmy breezes kiss, Her sun-bronzed skin, And she wonders… Could there ever be a greater destiny, Than to be born with a love, For the treasures of the sea? Here, she is home.” – Suzy Toronto
6. Quote Interpretation: This inspirational beach quote is about how walking on the beach is often the beginning or end of something in one’s life. Physically, a sandy beach is what connects land and the ocean, and in this quote, it is a metaphor for transitional times in life . You can find similar meanings in short butterfly quotes too – butterflies represent change and transitions.
7. “A wave can kill you. Or you can ride it. It’s sometimes more dangerous to shy away. You can’t live your life in fear. You have to be prepared to get on your board and stand on your feet. If you are in the barrel of a wave you have to ignore the fear. You have to be in that moment. You have to carve on through. You get scared, and the next thing you know you are off your board and smashing your head on a rock. I’m never going to live in fear.” ― Matt Haig.
8. Why I love this quote: This beach quote is curious. At first when I read it I thought ‘yeah, weird that so much of the earth is water since humans can’t live in the water.’ But then I took a moment to think, and the earth wasn’t made for us humans. The ocean is vital for survival for many species – humans included. I love this quote because it made me think, and although I’m not sure I agree with what it says, I enjoy the fact that it’s a thought-provoking beach quote.
9. “I have been feeling very clearheaded lately and what I want to write about today is the sea. It contains so many colors. Silver at dawn, green at noon, dark blue in the evening. Sometimes it looks almost red. Or it will turn the color of old coins. Right now the shadows of clouds are dragging across it, and patches of sunlight are touching down everywhere. White strings of gulls drag over it like beads. It is my favorite thing, I think, that I have ever seen. Sometimes I catch myself staring at it and forget my duties. It seems big enough to contain everything anyone could ever feel.” ― Anthony Doerr

Quotes on Beach Life

1. “Life is short. Buy the beach house.”
2. I’ve been wading for someone like you.
3. Things are not always as they ap-pier.
4. I find the ocean really crab-tivating!
5. We dolphin-ately need more beach time.
6. You used to call me on my shell-phone…
7. My shell’s expiration date has passed.
8. Me and the ocean: Love at first sight.
9. “Sky above, sand below, peace within.”
10. “Taking an extra dose of Vitamin Sea.”
11. Is that superman or is that Shark Kent?
12. Swimmer down now, no point being angry!
13. My favorite type of music is orca-stra.
14. “I’m done adulting. Let’s be mermaids!”
15. Chilling at the beach: my life porpoise.
16. I’ll never get Bora Bora’d at the beach.
17. My beach puns deserve a sanding ovation.
18. Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.
19. I love you like the sea loves the shore.
20. Currently octo-pied sitting on the beach!

Beach Day Quotes

1. “Memories are made in flip-flops.”
2. “Watch more sunsets than Netflix.”
3. “Dear Beach, I miss you everyday.”
4. “Every day should be a beach day.”
5. At the beach, every day is sun-day.
6. Beach had better take all my money!
7. I’m having one whale of a good day.
8. The beach is calling and I must go.
9. “Gone to the beach. Be back never.”
10. “Good selfies happen near the sea.”
11. Please excuse my resting beach face.
12. Don’t hate the playa, hate the game.
13. I wanna be Moray than just a friend.
14. I’m just coasting along this summer.
15. Sky above, sand below, peace within.
16. If you need me, call me on my shell.
17. “Beach rules… relax, unwind, enjoy.”
18. “The beach is cheaper than therapy.”
19. “Sunshine is my favorite accessory.”
20. “You can never have too much beach.”
21. Race you to the sand? Beach ya to it.
22. I think we’re mermaid to be together.
23. Better bait than never, I always say.
24. I otter come to the beach more often.
25. Where there’s a will, there’s a wave.
26. “Salty air. Ocean waves. Beach days.”

Beautiful Quotes About the Beach

1. “A beach and warm weather is all I really need.” – Rob Gronkowski
2. “My sense of direction leads me one way: to the beach.“ – Unknown
3. “Find light in the beautiful sea, I choose to be happy” – Rihanna
4. “I’m going to change the world, but today I’ll just be a mermaid.”
5. Your only worry should be if the tide is going to reach your chair.
6. “Peace is seeing a sunset and knowing who to thank.” – Amish Proverb
7. Everyone should believe in something. I believe I’ll go to the beach.
8. “The sun shines everywhere, not just on the beach.” – Brande Roderick
9. Quote Interpretation: As people, we are larger and stronger together.
10. “The beach is not always a place, sometimes it’s a feeling.” – Unknown
11. “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
12. Life takes you down many paths, but my favorite ones lead to the beach.
13. What is your favorite beach quote? Let me know which one you love most.
14. “Catch a wave and you’re sitting on top of the world.” – The Beach Boys
15. “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
16. Life is better in sandals; that’s one opinion I will never flip-flop on.
17. “Only at the beach can we go a splishin’ and a splashin’.”- Kate Summers
18. “Friends, sun, sand and sea. That sounds like a summer to me.” – Unknown
19. “Sometimes in the waves of change we find our true direction.” – Unknown
20. “Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.” – Sylvia Earle
21. “She was in love with the sunset, no one else ever even stood a chance.”
22. “Sunshine and waves are like bacon and eggs.” – Theodore W. Higginsworth
23. “How to get a beach body: Step 1: Have a body. Step 2: Go to the beach.”
24. As the ocean is never full of water, so is the heart, never full of love.
25. “The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.” — Vladimir Nabokov
26. “Like seashells, we are beautiful and unique, each with a story to tell.”
27. “It doesn’t matter where you go in life, as long as you go to the beach.”
28. Never give up for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
29. Time for a shell-ebration! Check out these rock puns for more punny laughs.
30. You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to leave the shore.

Summer Beach Quotes

1. How to have a beach body: 1. Have a body 2. Go to the beach
2. “By the beach, near the sea, what a wonderful place to be.”
3. “Serenity is found somewhere between the sky and the sand.”
4. Friends, sun, sand and sea. That sounds like a summer to me.
5. Sometimes in the waves of change we find our true direction.
6. “I followed my heart, and it led me to the beach.” – Unknown
7. I’m so tired — think it’s time for me to conch out for a nap.
8. There’s nothing like a day at the beach to buoy your spirits.
9. The tans will fade, but the memories of you will last forever.
10. “Sometimes in the waves of change we find our true direction.”
11. “I hope someday I’ll wake up to see that I live on the beach.”
12. If I hear one more bad beach pun, I’m going to have a sea-sure.
13. Are you Cinderella? Because I think I found your glass flipper.
14. I forgot to put sunscreen on my face, now minnows is sunburned!
15. When a moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s a-moray!
16. All I need is the salt in my hair and the sand between my toes.
17. “The other side of shore is always the success” ― Dido Stargaze
18. “I wish that Beach Therapy was covered by my Health Insurance.”
19. Don’t call me while I’m at the beach: I’m sun-screening my calls.

Inspirational Quotes About Beaches

1. I’m feeling em-ocean-al today.
2. Do you have a fish-ue with me?
3. My beach puns are shell-areas!
4. Gone to the beach. Back never.
5. Keep calm and go to the beach.
6. “I need to be seahabilitated.”
7. Can you crab me more sunscreen?
8. I’ve got a great oppor-tuna-ty.
9. We should go oar we’ll be late.
10. Hate the beach? Shrimp-ossible!
11. Beach life is shore perfection.
12. “I’ve got sunshine on my mind.”
13. “Life is better in flip-flops.”
14. “Set your clock to beach time.”
15. It’s not my salt you got burned!
16. Beach lover? Gill-ty as charged.
17. Sandy Cheeks reporting for duty.
18. Memories are made in flip-flops.
19. Beach days are very shrimportant.
20. I think I shell in love with you.
21. I fish we had more time together.
22. Shell-ebrate good times, come on!
23. Living like a Hollywood starfish!
24. It’s time for some beach therapy.
25. “Life is simple: just add water.”
26. “At the beach life is different.”
27. “Today, I decided to make waves.”
28. “We were mermaid for each other.”
29. My favorite wine? Crab-ernet noir.
30. Carpe diem: it means seas the day.
31. Can I make a quick lobster-vation?
32. Pleased to meet your aqua-intance.
33. Wanna get romantically fin-volved?
34. If there’s a will, there’s a wave.
35. Sunshine is my favorite accessory.
36. “Happiness is a day at the beach.”

Sunset Beach Quotes

1. “I hope someday I’ll wake up to see that I live on the beach.”
2. “The two best times to fish are when it’s rainin’ and when it ain’t.” – Patrick McManus
3. “Beach days are very shrimportant.”
4. “My favorite wine? Crab-ernet noir.”
5. “If there’s a will, there’s a wave.”
6. “Sunshine is my favorite accessory.”
7. “Happiness is a day at the beach.”

Beach with Friends Quotes

1. “Friends, sun, sand and sea. That sounds like a summer to me.”
2. “Gone to the beach. Back never.”
3. “Keep calm and go to the beach.”
4. “Don’t call me while I’m at the beach: I’m sun-screening my calls.”
5. “Sandy Cheeks reporting for duty.”
6. “Beach days are very shrimportant.”
7. “I fish we had more time together.”
8. “If there’s a will, there’s a wave.”

Wrapping Up

We hope you enjoyed reading our beach quotes! What’s your favorite one? Let us know in the comments below. And if you’re looking for more summer inspiration, be sure to check out our other articles on summertime fun. Happy swimming!