88 Hilarious Summer Jokes

Summer is right around the corner and there is no better way to get yourself in the mood than cracking a few summer jokes. They might not help with your tan, but these gags will give you some laughs as you organize your summer vacation for the coming months. Whether making jibes about the heat, a joke about what people wear on the hottest of days, or everybody’s favorite summer treat, ice cream, these summer jokes are great for breaking the ice or loosening up a conversation. 

Expect some seasonal puns, school jokes, summer holidays riddles, and even a few cracks about the creatures that live in the sea. Slip these jokes into your next group chat or share them with your kids and see what type of reaction you get. So grab the sunscreen, put on a hat, and head to the beach armed with these hilarious summer jokes to have everyone laughing along with you.

88 Hilarious Summer Jokes

1. How do we know that the ocean is friendly?

It waves.

2. What do you get when you combine an elephant with a fish?

Swimming trunks.

3. Let’s take a trip to the beach.

I could really use some vitamin sea!

4. At summer camp, when do you go at red and stop at green?

When you’re eating a watermelon.

5. What do you call an Australian visiting England on a summer vacation?

Returning to the scene of the crime.

6. Do fish go on vacation?

No, because they’re always in school.

7. Why did the dolphin cross the beach?

To get to the other tide!

8. What do snowmen do in summer?

Chillout.

9. Where do math teachers like to go on summer vacation?

Times Square.

10. Why does everyone want ice cream on their team?

Because with them, anything is popsicle.

11. Where do sharks go on vacation?

Finland.

12. What did the beach say to the tide when it came in?

Long time, no sea.

13. Why don’t oysters share their pearls?

Because they’re shellfish.

14. What is the best day to go to the beach?

Sunday.

15. Why do fish like to eat worms?

Because they get hooked on them.

16. I invented a drink today called the “Shutter Island Iced Tea.”

17. What is a shark’s favorite sandwich?

Peanut butter and jellyfish!

18. Why are there fish at the bottom of the sea?

Because they dropped out of school.

19. Where do goldfish go on vacation?

Around the globe.

20. What do bees say in summer?

It’s swarm, isn’t it?

21. Why did the baseball player put springs on his cleats?

He was getting ready for spring training.

22. What did the carp say to his crush?

Don’t play koi with me.

23. What is a frog’s favorite summertime treat?

Hopsicles. 

24. Where do bees stay while on vacation?

Air Bee and Bee.

25. Why should you never blame a dolphin for doing anything wrong?

Because they never do it on porpoise.

26. What do ghosts like to eat in the summer?

I Scream.

27. What do you call a labrador at the beach in August?

A hot dog.

28. Which letter of the alphabet is the coolest?

Iced T.

29. What does a dolphin say when he’s confused?

Can you please be more Pacific?

30. How do you prevent a summer cold?

Catch it in the winter!

31. What is the difference between a piano and a fish?

You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish.

32. Why are fish never good tennis players?

Because they never get close to the net!

33. What does the sun drink out of?

Sunglasses.

34. A man at a summer baseball game wondered why the ball kept getting bigger and bigger.

Then it hit him.

35. Make your own decisions this summer.

Don’t give in to pier pressure.

36. What do you call a snowman in July?

A puddle.

37. Where did the ghost go for his vacation?

He went to Maliboo.

38. What’s black and white and red all over?

A zebra with a sunburn.

39. How do Earth and Mars schedule a vacation?

They planet.

40. What is a blue whale’s favorite James Bond film?

License to Krill.

41. Where does a cow stay when it is on vacation?

A mooooo-tel!

42. Why did the fish blush?

Because it saw the ocean’s bottom.

43. What’s a frog’s favorite restaurant?

iHop.

44. What do mermaids sleep on?

Water beds.

45. Which season do math teachers like the most?

Summer.

46. What kind of music do killer whales like?

They listen to the orca-stra.

47. Where does seaweed look for a job?

In the kelp-wanted section.

48. What do sheep do on nice summer days?

Go to a baa-baa-cue.

49. Why do scuba divers fall backward to enter the ocean?

If they fell forwards, they would just fall into the boat.

50. What do you call a lazy crayfish?

A slobster.

51. It was a terrible summer for Humpty Dumpty.

But he had a great Fall. 

52. What did the family do when they arrived at the summer beach resort?

They shellabrated.

53. Where do lawyers go for summer vacation?

Sue York City.

54. Why did the ice cream cone get sick?

He spent too much time in the freezer!

55. What is brown, hairy, and wears sunglasses?

A coconut on summer vacation.

56. Why was the family so tired after returning from summer vacation?

They flew all the way home.

57. What soccer team loves ice cream?

Aston Vanilla.

58. Why did the crab never share?

Because he’s shellfish.

59. Where do sheep go on their summer holiday?

The Baaaahamas.

60. Why did the robot go on summer vacation?

To recharge his batteries!

61. What summer vacation destination makes your pet bird sing for joy?

The Canary Islands!

62. Why don’t mummies go on summer vacation?

They’re afraid to relax and unwind!

63. What is the best tool in the ocean?

A hammerhead shark.

64. Why do fish swim in saltwater?

Because pepper water would make them sneeze.

65. What did the sea do to the sand?

The sand blushed because the sea weed.

66. Why are frogs so happy?

They eat whatever bugs them.

67. What do you find in the middle of the ocean?

The letter “e.”

68. I’m thinking about taking a vacation to hell.

After all, everybody’s always telling me to go there.

69. What race is never run?

A swimming race.

70. What do frogs like to drink on a hot summer day?

Croak-o-cola.

71. Why didn’t the elephant buy a suitcase for his vacation?

Because he already had a trunk!

72. What is gray, has four legs, and a trunk?

No, a mouse on vacation.

73. What kind of tree fits in your hand?

A palm tree!

74. Why does a seagull fly over the sea?

Because if it flew over the bay, it would be a baygull.

75. What do you call an ant vacationing from overseas? 

Import ant. 

76. What is that new summer pirate movie rated?

It’s rated ARRRRRR!

77. Where do hamsters go on vacation?

Hamsterdam!

78. What did the little corn say to the mama corn?

Where is pop corn?

79. First woman: My son came to visit for summer vacation. Second woman: How nice! Did you meet him at the airport?

First woman: Oh, no. I’ve known him for years.

80. What do you call an emo kid on summer vacation?

Tropical Depression.

81. Why are mountains the funniest place to vacation in the summer?

Because they are hill-arious.

82. What do you do if you get rejected by the sunscreen company?

Reapply.

83. Why can’t basketball players go on summer vacation?

They’d get called for traveling!

84. Where do pepperonis go on vacation?

The Leaning Tower of Pizza.

85. Friend: Let’s go to Bora Bora.

Me: Man, I want to, but I’m pora pora.

86. Where do ants go for vacation?

Frants.

87. What did the kid say when the instructor told him he’d missed summer school?

“No, sir. I didn’t miss it at all.”

88. Where do music-loving cats go for vacation?

Sing-a-purr.