Get ready to laugh your beach bod off with these silly summer jokes!
85 Summer Jokes That’ll Turn Up the Heat—And Hilarity
Published on May 30, 2025
Funny summer jokes
1. What does the Frisbee look forward to all year?
A summer fling!
2. Why do pirates like swimming so much?
They love all the cannonballs.
3. What did one flip-flop say to the other?
You’re sole-mate material!
4. How do seashells stay clean?
They wash up on the beach.
5. Why does the camera take terrible photos in the summer?
Because it’s focused on relaxation!
6. Why are elephants always ready to swim?
They’re wearing trunks all the time.
7. Why is summer camp so hard for some people?
Because it’s really in tents.
8. Why did the hamburger break up with the hot dog at the barbecue?
It was tired of being grilled about their relationship.
9. How do you prevent a summer cold?
Catch it in winter.
10. Why did Humpty Dumpty have a great fall?
Well, he had an awful summer, so he deserved it!
11. What did the ciabatta do on summer vacation?
It loafed around.
12. Why doesn’t the sun trust umbrellas?
Because they’re so shady.
13. What’s the difference between a summer barbecue and a family reunion?
At the barbecue, only the meat gets roasted.
14. Why don’t mosquitoes make good comedians?
Their jokes always suck!
15. Why did the watchmaker go on vacation?
To unwind.
16. Where do birds go on summer vacation?
The Canary Islands!
17. Why don’t mummies go on vacation?
They’re afraid to unwind.
18. Why did the scientist wear so much sunscreen?
Because she was a paleontologist.
19. What is brown and hairy and incredibly relaxed?
A coconut on vacation.
20. Why do summer school teachers wear shades?
Because their students are so bright!
Summer dad jokes
21. How do you prevent dry skin after swimming?
Avoid using a towel.
22. What’s the best arm workout for swimmers?
Pool-ups!
23. How do campers react to building a campfire?
They always want s’more.
24. What do you call a philosopher who likes to hang out in the pool?
A deep thinker!
25. What does the crowd do at summer baseball games?
The heat wave!
26. Where do zombies go on vacation?
The Dead Sea.
27. What’s everyone’s favorite letter of the alphabet in the summer?
Ice T.
28. When does red mean “go” and green mean “stop”?
When you’re eating a watermelon.
29. Why can’t basketball players go anywhere during the summer?
They’d get called for traveling!
30. What happens when you throw a red phone into the ocean?
Time to get a new phone.
31. What happens when you throw books into the ocean?
You get a title wave.
32. What happens when you throw a blue hat into the ocean?
It gets wet.
33. What looks like half an ice cream cake?
The other half.
34. What do you call a crustacean that just lies on the beach all day?
A slobster.
35. How do you know if a pool is safe for diving?
It deep ends.
36. Why was the vegetable banned from the cruise ship?
It was a leek.
37. What do you call a barbecue for seniors?
A golden grill.
38. Why does James Bond love to barbecue?
He has a license to grill.
39. What do librarians love to grill?
A shhh-kabob.
40. What’s the worst kind of ice cream?
The kind you dropped!
Summer jokes for kids
41. Why did the robot take a summer holiday?
He needed to recharge his batteries.
42. Where do eggs go on summer vacation?
New Yolk City!
43. What’s black, white and red all over?
A zebra with a sunburn.
44. What’s gray, has four legs and a trunk, and is not an elephant?
A rat on vacation.
45. What do you call a snowman in the summer?
A puddle.
46. What do you call a barbecue for cats?
A purr-becue.
47. What do you call a barbecue for dogs?
A bark-becue.
48. What do you call ice cream on a hot summer day?
Melted!
49. What do you call an ice cream cone’s temper tantrum?
A meltdown.
50. What’s a palm tree’s favorite summer clothing item?
His swimming trunks!
51. What does a frog drink in the summer?
Croak-a Cola.
52. What’s a bee’s favorite look for the summer?
His yellow jacket.
53. What’s the worst day to go to the beach?
Fry-day!
54. What’s a sheep’s favorite summer activity?
Throwing a baa-baa-cue.
55. Where do sheep go on summer vacation?
The Baa-hamas!
56. What’s the best thing to put into ice cream?
Your tongue.
57. Why did the professor wade into the pool?
To test the water.
58. How do bears keep their dens cool in the summer?
With bear conditioning.
59. Where do cows go on their summer vacation?
Moo York.
60. Why do ghosts go to the beach?
They love to boo-gie board.
Summer puns
61. I’m pine-ing for summer camp all year long.
62. I lake spending time at camp.
63. This camping trip is going to be in-tents!
64. I’m beachy keen to travel this summer.
65. We’re shell-abrating our beach day.
66. Nothing beats a summer day at the lake—it’s a reel good time.
67. This summer is fruit-tastic.
68. Our summer barbecue was a sizzling success.
69. Grills gone wild.
70. Bring your loved one to the bae-becue.
71. Keep calm and camp on.
72. In summer, anything is popsicle.
73. Orange you glad it’s summer?
74. Flip-flop into summer.
75. The dog days of summer are paws-itively awesome.
76. Now that summer’s over, we’ll fall back into routine.
Clever summer one-liners
77. Camp is so much fun that I don’t want to leaf.
78. You shouldn’t gossip at a barbecue because the corn is all ears.
79. I love sand castles; I mean, I really dig them.
80. The sun must be so smart. It has a million degrees.
81. I always buy pickles for my barbecue in bulk—they’re a pretty good dill.
82. I burned my dinner on the grill. It was a mis-steak.
83. I hate grilling sausages—they’re the wurst.
84. I’m tent-atively planning to go to summer camp.
85. We went to the vineyard this summer and had a grape time.
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