251 Best Surfing Instagram Captions (Funny Puns & Quotes)

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Short Surfing Instagram Captions

1. Surf’s up.

2. You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.

3. Sky above, sea below, peace within.

4. Seek adventure, ride new waves.

5. Your daily surf report.

6. No such thing as too much stoke.

7. Surfer babe.

8. Alexa, play The Beach Boys.

9. Your wave is waiting.

10. Sun-kissed.

11. When life gives you waves, ride them.

12. Join the (surf) club.

13. There’s no wifi in the ocean, but I always find a better connection.

14. Work hard. Surf harder.

15. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

16. Go with the flow.

17. Any day spent surfing is a good day.

18. Stay salty.

19. All my troubles wash away in the water.

20. Riding into the weekend like…

21. See you on the next wave.

22. As endless as the ocean, as timeless as the tides.

23. Take me surfing.

24. Ocean is my favorite color.

25. Surf hair, don’t care.

26. Catch waves, not feelings.

27. Surfing away from my responsibilities, like…

28. Let the sea set you free.

29. Stay wild, ocean child.

30. When in doubt, surf it out.

31. Make waves.

32. Gone surfing, be back never.

33. When nothing’s going right, surf a left.

34. Ocean air and salty hair.

35. My dreams are made of sun and surf.

36. Hang loose.

37. Surfing is my therapy.

38. Good vibes come in with the tides.

39. I’d rather be surfing.

40. Endless summer.

41. Mood: salty.

42. The ocean is salty, but I’m pretty sweet at surfing.

43. Locals only.

44. Happiness comes in waves.

45. School is important, but surfing is importanter.

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46. Home is where the waves crash.

47. When in doubt, paddle out.

48. 50 shades of blue.

49. Ride it out.

50. Waves for days.

51. The ocean is calling, and I must go.

52. A surf a day keeps the worries away.

53. Let the currents guide your heart.

54. So much to surf, so little time.

55. Blue as far as the eye can see.

56. Addicted to surfing, and I don’t want to be cured.

57. Saltwater heals all wounds.

58. Surfing has my heart.

59. Thalassophile: a person who loves the sea or ocean.

60. Eat. Breathe. Surf. Sleep.

61. Life looks better from the ocean.

62. Little Miss Surfer.

63. Surf now, adult later.

64. Money can’t buy happiness. But it can buy you a surfboard, and that’s basically the same thing.

65. Surfing and sunshine.

66. Eat my bubbles.

67. Always say yes to surfing.

68. Just dive in.

69. Find me surfing.

70. Become one with the waves.

71. Surfing is my happy place.

72. A date with the ocean.

73. Surfing and sunshine.

74. Another day, another wave.

75. If you need me, I’ll be surfing.

76. Sun and sea: life’s two necessities.

77. When life gets complicated, go surfing.

78. Surf days, and beachside nights.

79. Enjoying life, one wave at a time.

80. A date with my surfboard.

81. Beneath the waves, everything makes sense.

82. Dreaming of surf days.

83. No kooks allowed.

84. Who needs therapy, when you can go surfing?

85. Meet me in the sea.

86. Life is short. Go surfing.

87. The ocean is everything I want to be: beautiful, mysterious, wild, and free.

88. Surfer bum.

89. A bad day surfing is better than a good day at work.

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90. When life gets you down, get up and surf.

91. Time spent surfing is never wasted.

92. There’s no better view than from this board.

93. Why swim when you can surf?

94. Today’s forecast: hot sun and blue water.

95. Surfing is the best medicine.

96. Saltwater soul.

97. Life is better when you’re surfing.

98. Ocean, sun, and surfing fun.

99. Be one with the sea.

100. You had me at “let’s go surfing.”

101. The ocean is where I belong.

102. I have saltwater running through my veins.

103. Never pass up a chance to go surfing.

104. Surfing is always a good idea.

105. Happiest when I’m in the ocean.

106. Surf mode: activated.

107. Dive beneath the surface, and you will be free.

108. I’ve never loved anyone as much as I love surfing.

109. Change in latitude, change in attitude.

110. Come surfing with me.

111. Done adulting. Let’s go be mermaids.

112. Life is better on a surfboard.

113. Shreddin’ the gnar.

114. Surf days are the best days.

115. If you’re not in a bikini, you’re overdressed.

116. Today’s forecast: 100% chance of surf.

117. Postcard from the ocean.

118. Today’s good mood is brought to you by surfing.

119. Life’s a beach, find your wave.

120. I found my happiness on a surfboard.

121. Born to surf.

122. People weren’t made to fly. That’s why we made surfboards.

123. A love affair with ocean air.

124. Find me on my surfboard.

125. Everything I’ve ever wanted is at the end of a barrel.

126. Relationship status: in love with surfing.

127. Salty, but sweet.

128. A surf day is good for the soul.

129. High tides and good vibes.

130. BRB – surfing.

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131. May your days be filled with smiles, sunshine, and surfing.

132. The ocean is my therapy.

133. You lost me at, “I don’t surf.”

134. An ocean breeze puts the mind at ease.

135. Know your limits. Surf beyond them.

136. Out Of Office mode.

137. Happiest when I’m surfing.

138. Dress code: wetsuit.

139. Soul full of sunshine.

140. Sun, sand, and surf.

141. Leave a little saltwater wherever you go.

142. Brave, free, and wild as the sea.

143. Paradise is anywhere with palm trees and a surfboard.

144. Live to surf, surf to live.

145. Find me where the waves are.

146. I’ve got a saltwater heart, and surfing on my mind.

147. Living my best surf life.

148. As free as the ocean.

149. Surf more, worry less.

150. Catching those waves.

151. Can’t talk, I’m surfing.

152. If you never try, you’ll never know.

153. Keep calm and surf on.

154. Take me to the water.

155. Let surfing set you free.

156. Life is better in a wetsuit.

157. All she does is surf, surf, surf.

158. Dress code: bikini.

159. When the surf’s up, your life is too.

160. Glassy waves, happy days.

161. Sometimes, you just have to ride the waves you’re given.

162. Surfing times and tan lines.

163. Only a morning person on surf days.

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164. Let’s get wavy.

165. Never board when I’m surfing.

166. When there’s a will, there’s a wave.

167. I need a little Vitamin Sea.

168. When it comes to surfing, I like to keep current.

169. You used to call me on my shell phone.

170. Sorry I couldn’t make it, had a board meeting.

171. Always seek to sea more.

172. Surfing is turtle-y awesome.

173. I was mermaid for this.

174. Just smile, and wave.

175. Having a pretty swell day.

176. Sea you later.

177. This is going swimmingly.

178. Shell yeah.

179. Be shore of yourself.

180. So-fish-ticated.

181. This is a fanta-sea.

182. Did you hear about my prom-ocean?

183. Seas the day.

184. I’m an aqua-holic.

185. A couple of waves should tide me over.

186. You are mer-mazing.

187. I’ll always be ocean-minded.

188. I’m out surfing, water you doing?

189. Sea life’s beauty.

190. Really having a barrel of laughs.

191. Yeah buoy.

192. Don’t get tide down.

193. I can sea clearly now.

194. Back in the swim of things.

Surfing Quotes For Instagram Captions

195. “Surfing makes me happy, so that’s just what I plan on doing.” – Alana Blanchard

196. “I don’t need easy, I just need possible.” – Bethany Hamilton

197. “It’s like the mafia. Once you’re in, you’re in. There’s no getting out.” – Kelly Slater

198. “One of the greatest things about the sport of surfing is that you need only three things: your body, a surf-board, and a wave.” – Naima Green

199. “Surfing is not an organized sport, but it does have rules. The surfer closest to the curl has the right of way.” – Matt Armstrong

200. “One thing you learn from surfing is how to operate in the present. It’s really what the surfing experience is all about.” – Gerry Lopez

201. “Surfing’s one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what’s behind.” – Laird Hamilton

202. “There’s no secret to balance, you just have to feel the waves.” – Frank Herbert

203. “Surfing is simply the most fun I know how to have on this planet.” – Antony Garrett

204. “I think when a surfer becomes a surfer, it’s almost like an obligation to be an environmentalist at the same time.” – Kelly Slater

205. “Surfing, alone among sports, generates laughter at its very suggestion, and this is because it turns not a skill into an art, but an inexplicable and useless urge into a vital way of life.” – Matt Warshaw

Quotes From Famous Surfers

206. “Out of water, I am nothing.” – Duke Kahanamoku

207. “Surfing is good for the soul, worries seem to drift away as you scan the horizon for the next wave.” – Ed Daley

208. “If you’re having a bad day, catch a wave.” – Frosty Hesson

209. “Your surfing can get better on every turn, on every wave you catch. Learn to read the ocean better. A big part of my success has been wave knowledge.” – Kelly Slater

210. “I don’t see any difference between bodyboarding and surfing – it’s all surfing.” – Tom Morey

211. “There are a million ways to surf, and as long as you’re smiling you’re doing it right.” – Unknown

212. “Wiping out is an under-appreciated skill.” – Laird Hamilton

213. “Style is a natural extension of who you are as a person.” – Mark Richards

214. “Foam is your friend. Don’t be scared of it. A little bit of extra foam here and it is good for the soul, and your surfing.” – Rob Machado

215. “You can take a surfer out of the surf, but you can not take the surf out of the surfer.” – Bob McTavish

216. “Waves are toys from God.” – Clay Marzo

217. “Surfing expresses… a pure yearning for visceral, physical contact with the natural world.” – Matt Warshaw

218. “Let the ocean worry about being blue.” – Alabama Shakes, “Hang Loose”

219. “There is not one right way to ride a wave.” – Jamie O’Brien

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Meaningful Surfing Quotes

220. “My passion for surfing was more than my fear of sharks.” – Bethany Hamilton

221. “Surfing in crowds is like mind over matter. If I don’t mind, it don’t matter.” – Brodus Rogers

222. “There’s independence to surfing, it’s just you and the ocean. There aren’t a bunch of rules.” – Lee Clow

223. “Man cannot discover new oceans, unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide

224. “If there was no such thing as barrels I probably wouldn’t even surf.” – Clay Marzo

225. “Surfing is such an amazing concept. You’re taking on Nature with a little stick and saying, ‘I’m gonna ride you!’ And a lot of times Nature says, ‘No you’re not!’ and crashes you to the bottom.” – Jolene Blalock

226. “We’re all equal before a wave.” – Laird Hamilton

227. “I’m just a surfer who wanted to build something that would allow me to surf longer.” – Jack O’Neill

Beautiful Surfing Quotes

228. “Surfing equates to ‘living in the very moment of now.’ When you ride a wave you leave behind all things important and unimportant, the purity of the moment is upon you.” – Bill Hamilton

229. “It’s a cakewalk when you know how.” – Gerry Lopez

230. “Thank God for a few free waves.” – Miki Dora

231. “Surfing is the most blissful experience you can have on this planet, a slice of heaven.” – John Mcarthy

232. “The joy of surfing is so many things combined, from the physical exertion of it, to the challenge of it, to the mental side of the sport.” – Kelly Slater

233. “Surfing’s one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what’s behind.” – Laird Hamilton

234. “It’s all about where your mind’s at.” – Kelly Slater

235. “The balance and patience factors are much more critical in surfing than they are in snowboarding … if you’re out surfing serious waves and you wipe out, you don’t land on soft snow. It’s usually either very sharp coral, or you get raked across the beach gravel and sand while you’re tumbling underwater.” – Frederick Lenz

236. “Surfing is attitude dancing.” – Gerry Lopez

237. “The biggest sin in the world would be if I lost my love for the ocean.” – Laird Hamilton

238. “Surf and feel your life be changed forever.” – Nossa Company

239. “I didn’t realize how much of an arm workout surfing was!” – Unknown

240. “Three most important things in life, surf, surf, and surf.” -Jack O’Neill

Inspirational Surfing Quotes

241. “The best surfer out there is the one having the most fun.” – Gerry Lopez

242. “Surfer girls rip, and they are hot.” – Alana Blanchard

243. “I’m grateful to be a part of the surfing lifestyle. I get to do what I love every day. I’m happy with the life that I have and the role surfing plays in it.” – Rosy Hodge

244. “For a surfer, the fluidity of the ocean – of being in it – is what matters.” – Alan ‘Fuz’ Bleakley

245. “Waves are not measured in feet and inches, they are measured in increments of fear.” – Buzzy Trent

246. “There is wisdom in waves. Some surfers see it right away, others never do. To find success in surfing, we must learn to be in harmony with nature. This will bring a sense of peace. By sharing this piece, and contributing to other people’s happiness, we can find the true meaning of life. Keep surfing.” – Gerry Lopez

247. “Never drive away from good surf.” – Roger Sharp

248. “The best wave of your life is still out there.” – Steve Hawk

249. “Surfing is like life. Every wave and every day are different.” – Unknown

250. “I’ve always thought surfing is a reflection of who you are.” – Kelly Slater

251. “Being out there in the ocean, God’s creation, it’s like a gift he has given us to enjoy.” – Bethany Hamilton

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