136 Summer Instagram Captions For All Those Vacay (Or Staycay) Pics (2024)

The school year is finally over, and it's time to hang out with friends. After surviving all the homework, projects and exams this year, you deserve a break — and some fun. Whether your summer plans involve hitting the beach and getting some sunshine in, an epic road trip with your besties, a family vacay with the rents, an awesome internship, or sleeping in all day every day, you'll probably be capturing lots of content for the gram along the way.

Of course, you'll need the perfect caption to go with all your summer Instagram pics. When your brain is in full-on summer mode, coming up with something clever or cute to go with every pic and vid can be a struggle, but this list of quotes, lyrics and phrases is here to help. So if you're looking for the most 🔥 words to accompany all your pics, here are a ton of summer Instagram captions.

Cute Captions

• "The ocean has the friendliest wave!"
• "I'll just be here floating in the ocean."
• "Couldn't love summer s'more."
• "Tan lines are just kisses from the sun."
• "If you need me, I'll be under the sun."
• "Sweet sunny disposition."
• "Spending my days catching some rays."
• "No shoes, no worries."
• "Sky above, sand below, peace within."
• "Seas the day."
• "See you at the beach."
• "Blue skies, sunshine, everything's fine."
• "Hello grill season!"
• "Happy as a clam."
• "Paradise found."
• "You're one in a melon."
• "You, me, and the sea."
• "Mermaid kisses and seashell wishes."
• "Good times and tan lines."
• "Summer is the best I've ever felt."
• #Vaxxedgirlsummer
• "Summertime and I am feeling fine"
• "Good things come to those who swim."
• "I want to smile at the sun."
• "Wake me up when it's summer."
• "Cheers to summer"
• "Tan lines fade, but friends are forever."
• "Dreams are made of sand and sun."
• "Sandy toes, tan lines and ocean waves."
• #HotGirlSummer
• "I'm dreaming of a hot summer."
• "Make your own sunshine."
• "I'm all about sun days."
• "Follow the sun."
• "The beach is calling my name."
• "High tides and good vibes."
• "I stay in vacation mode."
• "Nothing but good vibes and blue skies."
• "Sunshine is the best medicine."
• "In a sunshine state of mind."
• "Girls just wanna have sun."
• "All you need is ice cream."
• "You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream on the beach!"
• "Life’s a wave, catch it."
• "Just trying to live in the sunshine."
• "Life is better when you’re under the sun."
• "Be grateful for good friends, hot sun, and clear water."
• "Never stop chasing your summer."
• "Keep calm and lay in the sun."
• "Live by the sun, love by the moon."
• "Friends are the sunshine of life."
• "Summer nights and city lights."
• "Even the sun is jealous of the way we shine."
• "Let’s wander where the Wi-Fi is weak."
• "An ocean breeze puts the mind at ease."
• "If life is a journey, the beach is my destination."
• "An adventure a day keeps the doctor away."
• "Life is better in flip flops."
• "Don’t spend your money on things. Spend it on experiences!"
• "If it requires a bikini, my answer is yes."

Funny Captions

• "Catch me at alllllll the barbecues this summer."
• "Summer, don't be shy. Stay a while!"
• "Maxing out all my vacation days."
• "I like my water with a hint of salt."
• "No shoes, no worries."
• "Catch me by the A.C. unit all day."
• "Suns out, hamburger buns out."
• "So much sun, so little time."
• "What's winter?"
• "Hanging with my grill-friends."
• "If you're not barefoot, you're overdressed."
• "Summer is the best excuse for lazy days."
• "Pool hair, don't care."
• "Vitamin Sea."
• "I need a six-month vacay twice a year."
• "Ice cream is a food group."
• "Where can I get more vacation days?"
• "Beach, please!"
• "Stay salty."
• "Tropic like it’s hot!"
• "I’m in a flip flop state of mind."
• "Watch more sunsets than Netflix."
• "Summer should get a speeding ticket."
• "Summer is here and I am vibing"
• "Find me under the palms."
• "Happiness is air-conditioning on a hot summer night."
• "I prefer my footprints in the sand than the snow."
• "Sun, sand and pineapple in hand."
• "The beach: where doing absolutely nothing is doing something."
• "Shake your palm palms."
• "A pineapple a day keeps the worries away."
• Catch flights not feelings.
• "It's bad manners to keep vacation waiting."
• "Life is better in flip flops. "
• "My love for camping is in-tents."
• "Let’s wander where the wi-fi is weak."
• "I need a six-month-long vacation twice a year."

Music Lyric Captions

• "Summer, summer, summertime. Time to kick back and unwind." — Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff
• "Everybody's gone surfin' surfin' U.S.A." — The Beach Boys, "Surfin' U.S.A."
• "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." — Weezer, "Island in the Sun"
• "Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, on a blanket with my baby is where I'll be." — The Drifters, "Under the Boardwalk"
• "Summer lovin', had me a blast." — Grease, "Summer Nights"
• "I wanna be the one to walk in the sun. Oh girls, they wanna have fun." — Cyndi Lauper, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
• "What time is it? Summertime!" — High School Musical 2, "What Time Is It?"
• "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray." — Johnny Cash, "You Are My Sunshine"
• "Strawberry ice cream, one spoon for two" — Olivia Rodrigo. "Deja Vu", Oliva Rodrigo
• "Sometimes, all I think about is you, Late nights in the middle of June." — Glass Animals, "Heat Waves"
• "'Pocketful of honey and I'm ready to go" —Dua Lipa, "Hallucinate'"
• "We walk the beach at midnight and watch the stars in the clear skies." — Willow Smith, "Summer Fling"
• "Oh babe, you make me feel like it's a hot summer night." — Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, 'Hot Summer Night'
• "I’m walking on sunshine. Wow!" — Katrina and the Waves, 'Walking on Sunshine'
• "What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?" — The Little Mermaid, 'Part of Your World'
• "'Cause a little bit of summer's what the whole year's all about." — John Mayer, 'Wildfire'
• "Smell the sea, and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly." — Van Morrison, 'Into the Mystic'
• "Here comes the sun, and I say, it's all right." — The Beatles, 'Here Comes the Sun'
• "You'll get up off the ground 'cause morning rolls around and it's another day of sun." — La La Land, 'Another Day of Sun'
• "I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine." — Natasha Bedingfield, 'Pocketful of Sunshine'
• “Well, summer slipped us underneath her tongue, Our days and nights are perfumed with obsession” - Lorde, “The Louvre”
• "Is it supposed to be this hot all summer long?" — Miley Cyrus, 'Malibu'

Quote Captions

• "One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter." — Henry David Thoreau
• "In summer, the song sings itself." — Williams Carlos Williams
• "And the summer seems as though it would dream on forever." — Elizabeth von Arnim
• "Everything good, everything magical, happens between the months of June and August." — Jenny Han
• "I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June." — L.M. Montgomery
• "I had the familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald
• "It was June, and the world smelled of roses." — Maude Hart Lovelace
• "Summer has a flavor like no other. Always fresh and simmered in sunshine." — Oprah Winfrey
• "Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows." — Helen Keller
• "When the sun rises, it rises for everyone."
• "Summertime is always the best of what might be." — Charles Bowden
• "Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine." — Mario Fernández
• "Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams." — Hosea Ballou
• "The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy." — Henry Ward Beecher
• "Oh, the summer night, has a smile of light, and she sits on a sapphire throne." — Bryan Procter
• "I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket." — Kellie Elmore
• "Live in the sunshine. Swim in the sea. Drink in the wild air." — Ralph Waldo Emerson