Travel Tips Travel Photography 27 Best Beach Captions and Quotes for Your Next Instagram Post These beach Instagram captions are "shore" to bring in the likes. By Travel + Leisure Editors Travel + Leisure Editors Since 1971, Travel + Leisure editors have followed one mission: to inform, inspire, and guide travelers to have deeper, more meaningful experiences. T+L's editors have traveled to countries all over the world, having flown, sailed, road tripped, and taken the train countless miles. They've visited small towns and big cities, hidden gems and popular destinations, beaches and mountains, and everything in between. With a breadth of knowledge about destinations around the globe, air travel, cruises, hotels, food and drinks, outdoor adventure, and more, they are able to take their real-world experience and provide readers with tried-and-tested trip ideas, in-depth intel, and inspiration at every point of a journey. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines Updated on May 18, 2020 Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images There’s really nothing better than a relaxing summer afternoon spent lounging on the beach. But one thing that can elevate your seaside vacation is a stellar, beachy Instagram photo — paired with an excellent beach caption, of course. You don’t have to be a wordsmith to craft a good vacation caption, especially because we’ve done most of the work for you. Whether you’re heading to the coast for a day of sun and sand, or island-bound in the middle of winter for some much-needed vitamin D, it’s always fun to share your experience with your social media community (and maybe even boost your reach in the process). These beach Instagram captions are the perfect thing to get your followers engaged (if they're not too jealous of your seaside vacation, that is). Below, we’ve compiled beach captions that will bring in waves of Instagram likes. From caption puns to inspirational, beach-inspired quotes for Instagram, you’re sure to find a fit for your next post of the sand, surf, or sun-kissed selfie. Here are our top picks for beach Instagram captions. More Instagram caption ideas and travel photography tips Funny Beach Captions All I need is some Vitamin Sea *insert wave emoji* (For selfies at the beach) Water you doing right now? (For palm tree photos) Keep Palm and Carry On *insert palm tree emoji* Cute Beach Captions Sea more of the world, one beach at a time *insert globe emoji* Beach hair, don’t care! All I need is the salt in my hair and the sand between my toes Clever Beach Captions Sun of a beach *insert sun and beach emojis* Whale hello! *insert whale emoji* Happy as a clam *insert shell emoji* I’m an aqua-holic *insert water emoji* Beach Selfie Captions Resting Beach Face Good times and tan lines (For selfies wearing sunglasses) Throwin’ shade *insert sun emoji* Beach Captions for Friends Girls just wanna have SUN *insert sun and beach emojis* Hangin’ with my gull-friends Just a couple of beach bums Beach Captions for Couples High tide or low tide, I’ll stay by your side You, me, and the sea With you, life’s a beach Beach Captions for Winter They say summer bodies are made in the winter *insert muscle emoji* Snow more winter please, bring on the beach! (For throwback beach photos) Desperately seeking beach therapy #throwback Beach Quotes "Don’t grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach." — Michelle Held "For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it’s always ourselves we find in the sea." — E. E. Cummings “The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.” — Isak Dinesen “Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson “In the waves of change, we find our direction.” — Anonymous Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit