100+ Cute Summer Instagram Captions (2024)

Pool parties, tanning at the beach and embracing the great outdoors are the things that we look forward to most in the summertime. And while living in the moment and soaking in the memories in real time is always preferred, capturing a photo will help the good vibes live on forever. Once you do that, pair it with the perfect summer Instagram caption, and share it with all your friends and family so they can get in on all the fun.

Coming up with the best summer-inspired caption is nothing to sweat about. We’re here to prepare you with a boat load of beach quotes, song lyrics and summertime sayings that pair perfectly with sunny skies, carefree days and all the summer themed activities you can think of.

Whether you’re enjoying snapshots from summer camp, reminiscing on epic summer nights spent grabbing drinks with friends, or want to share pics from your Fourth of July bash, we’re sure you’ll find the perfect words to help you celebrate the season.

• Couldn’t love you s’more.
• Catching some rays, some waves and some favs.
• You’re one in a melon.
• Sunsets > Netflix.
• Let’s seas the day.
• In summertime, ice cream, is a food group.
• Girls just wanna have sun.
• You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy ice cream and that’s pretty much the same thing.
• Nothing but sandy skin and summer smiles.
• Getting my daily dose of Vitamin Sea.
• Life's a beach, better catch some waves.
• Keepin' it reel.
• Paradise found.
• Single and ready to fla-mingle.
• Find me in the waves.
• Life is better in a bikini.
• Vacation mode: On.
• Living on island time.
• Tan lines may fade, but friends are forever.
• Sunshine is the best medicine.
• We're cool for the summer.
• Follow the sun and you can't get lost.
• High tides and good vibes.

• Stay salty, starfish.
• Winter? Never met her.
• Nothing is stronger than a mother’s love ... for piña coladas.
• My daily motivation: Every hot day is one step closer to a PSL.
• Eat, drink and be sweaty.
• You’re my lobster (roll).
• My BFF is the A/C unit.
• Can someone please give summer a speeding ticket?
• You used to call me on my shell phone.
• A balanced diet is a glass of rosé in each hand.
• Shake your palm palms.
• Winter who?
• You can find me where there's no wifi.
• An adventure a day keeps the blues away.
• If you're not barefoot, you're overdressed.
• #hotgirlsummer

• Live by the sun, love by the moon.
• Beach bum alert.
• Just chasing the waves.
• Doing my best mermaid impression.
• Life’s a beach.
• Beach hair, don't care!
• Forward my mail, I'm a beach bum now.
• Don't mind my resting beach face.
• Beach you to it.
• Beach vibes only.
• Everyone should believe in something. I believe I'll go to the beach.
• Gone to the beach. Back never.
• Saltwater cures all wounds.
• You can find me where the sand meets the water.
• If it requires a bikini, I'm all in.

• My love for camping is in-tents.
• Shake it like a palm tree in a sea breeze.
• Things are going swimmingly.
• Good things come to those who swim.
• It's grill season, baby!
• Queen of the (sand) castle.
• Putting the "pool" in carpool.
• Tan lines, salt in my hair, sand in my toes: Heaven.
• Pies, fries and these guys. *heart emoji*
• This really floats my boat.
• Shell yeah!
• Giving in to pier pressure.
• Putting the lime in the coconut.
• All you need is ice cream.
• I'm on a boat!
• The only nation I'm visiting this summer is imagination.
• Aboat time!
• I need a six-month vacation twice a year.
• Queen of the grill.
• Making like a mermaid.
• Tropic like it's hot!
• I'll be at the grill if you need me.

• "Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head." —The Lovin’ Spoonful
• "We'll keep on spending sunny days this way." — The Young Rascals
• "Here comes the sun, and I say, it's all right." —The Beatles
• "Summertime, and the livin' is easy." —Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
• "Summer loving, had me a blast." —John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
• "Time to sit back and unwind." —DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
• "There is something about the summer that makes me moody." —Best Coast
  
• "Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top, sun-kissed skin, so hot we'll melt your popsicle." —Katy Perry
  
• "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
  
• "Sunshine, blue eyes, tan lines, slow tide rollin'." —Jake Owen
  
• "Cause I got that sunshine in my pocket, got that good song in my feet." —Justin Timberlake
  
• "As long as I live, whatever I do, as great as it is, you know what's a bummer, I ain't never gonna beat this summer with you." —Brad Paisley
  
• "I wanna soak up the sun." —Sheryl Crow
  
• "I got a pocketful of sunshine." —Natasha Bedingfield
  
• "In the summertime when the weather is hot, you can stretch right up and touch the sky." —Mungo Jerry
  

• "I love how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket." —Kellie Elmore
• "Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” —Sam Keen
• "When all else fails, take a vacation." —Betty Williams
• "Summer afternoon — to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." —Henry James
• "A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." —Robert Orben
• "Everything magical happens between the months of June and August." —Jenny Han
• "In summer, the song sings itself." —William Carlos Williams
  
• "One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter." – Henry David Thoreau
  
• "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." —Audrey Hepburn
  
• "In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explode, and every sunset is different." – John Steinbeck
  
• "Summertime is always the best of what might be." —Charles Bowden
  
• "Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time." —John Lubbock