Nothing brings us joy, peace and serenity quite like the majesty of the ocean. From the soothing sounds of ocean waves to the fascinating lives of the creatures under the sea and the wonderous ocean sights to behold, our ocean is an ample source of inspiration. Throughout our time on earth, our ocean has served as inspiration in the creation of art, music, films and much more. 

Another literary art form, albeit a sort of silly one, has also pulled inspiration from the ocean’s wonders: Puns.

Shore, some say puns are pointless and wacky, but we pun lovers know that a solid pun can bring a smile to everyone’s faces with clever humor. What’s not to love?

So, if you’re in the market for some fabulous ocean puns, either to throw into a conversation needing a little bit of spice or to add to your next social media post, stick around for these fin-tastic ocean puns.

Don’t krill my vibe.

I’m super so-fish-ticated.

Oh hello, can I kelp you?

Yes, we peli-can.

Shell-ebrate good times, come on!

Tis the sea-son.

One thing’s for shore, I otter-ly love the ocean.

Don’t be so shellfish.

What’s all the comm-ocean?

Oh, the hu-manatee!

You can run but you can’t tide!

Are you squid-ding me?

Stop, you’re kraken me up. or Let’s get kraken.

Water you talking about?

I ferry much love the ocean.

You are sand-sational.

Hold on, I’m getting a bit em-ocean-al.

Let minnow when we’re going to the beach.

I’m o-fish-aly ready.

Shrimp-ly amazing.

Now that your ocean mood is set and you’re prepared with puns to last a lifetime, take a visit to our action center where you can learn more about the challenges facing our ocean today and what you can do to advocate for our ocean and its shelltacular creatures.

Remember, an ocean pun is a great way to get your daily vitamin-sea, so embrace the silly and seas the day with your new ocean pun vocabulary.