50 Best Snorkeling Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Snorkeling Songs for Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a strange mood that hits when you slip under the water with a mask on. It’s quiet but not really, because your heartbeat and bubbles make their own soundtrack. The sunlight bends and wobbles, fish dart past like tiny glitches, and then a song drifts into your head that suddenly feels like it belongs down there. It doesn’t need to literally talk about snorkeling to fit. Sometimes a track with wide-open production or a rhythm that feels like a tide pool does the trick.
Not every moment underwater feels calm or serene. Some of it is clumsy flippers, salt stinging your eyes, or trying not to choke when you surface too fast. That chaos can be part of the fun though, and the right pop, rock, country, and R&B songs capture that mix of awe and awkwardness better than anything staged. A playlist that keeps shifting tone makes sense when you’re moving from shallow reef to open blue in the same swim.
These tracks can soundtrack an underwater video, a goofy reel of snorkel fails, or a slow-motion glide past a school of fish. They carry that mix of wonder and weirdness, and when paired with a Story, they pull people into the water with you. Here are the best snorkeling songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Snorkeling Songs
1. 'Under the Sea' by Samuel E. Wright
2. 'Ocean Eyes' by Billie Eilish
3. 'A Pirate Looks at Forty' by Jimmy Buffett
4. 'Beyond the Sea' by Bobby Darin
5. 'Kokomo' by The Beach Boys
6. 'Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding
7. 'Riptide' by Vance Joy
8. 'Come Sail Away' by Styx
9. 'Soak Up the Sun' by Sheryl Crow
10. 'Only the Ocean' by Jack Johnson
Songs for Underwater Footage #11 to 20
11. 'Octopus's Garden' by The Beatles
12. 'Into the Mystic' by Van Morrison
13. 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by Gordon Lightfoot
14. 'Ocean Man' by Ween
15. 'Island in the Sun' by Weezer
16. 'Sailing' by Christopher Cross
17. 'Ocean' by John Butler Trio
18. 'Dive' by Tycho
19. 'Southern Cross' by Crosby, Stills & Nash
20. 'Wetsuit' by The Vaccines
Tropical Vibes and Beach Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Summer' by Calvin Harris
22. 'Rockaway Beach' by Ramones
23. 'Somewhere on a Beach' by Dierks Bentley
24. 'Malibu' by Miley Cyrus
25. 'Cake by the Ocean' by DNCE
26. 'Escape (The Piña Colada Song)' by Rupert Holmes
27. 'Toes' by Zac Brown Band
28. 'Margaritaville' by Jimmy Buffett
29. 'Walking on a Dream' by Empire of the Sun
30. 'Beachin'' by Jake Owen
Relaxing Songs for Ocean Scenes #31 to 40
31. 'The Tide Is High' by Blondie
32. 'Sea of Love' by Phil Phillips
33. 'I'm Good (Blue)' by David Guetta
34. 'The Beautiful Briny Sea' by David Tomlinson
35. 'The Ocean' by Mike Perry
36. 'Coastline' by Hollow Coves
37. 'The Ocean Breathes Salty' by Modest Mouse
38. 'Oceans' by Seafret
39. 'Orinoco Flow' by Enya
40. 'Underwater' by Joshua Radin
Upbeat and Energetic Songs #41 to 50
41. 'Surfin' U.S.A.' by The Beach Boys
42. 'Low On Air' by 77 Bombay Street
43. 'Take Me to the River' by Talking Heads
44. 'Dolphin Dance' by Herbie Hancock
45. 'Sail' by AWOLNATION
46. 'Blue' by Vengaboys
47. 'The Ocean' by Led Zeppelin
48. 'The Water' by Johnny Flynn
49. 'Waves' by Dean Lewis
50. 'How Far I'll Go' by Auli'i Cravalho
© 2025 Carson McQueen
