It’s summertime, and all the surfers and hodads are once again sharing that sandy divide between land and sea. No matter which side of the divide you’re on, there’s nothing like some reverb soaked surf-strumentals to make that grey cubicle feel more like a day at the beach.

You won’t find any Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, or beach blanket nonsense here, because if it isn’t instrumental and filtered through a reverb tank, then it really isn’t surf. I know that there are people out there who like the Beach Boys, but if you’re going to call them surf, then you might as well call Jimmy Buffet surf. And call Winger thrash. And maybe wear a tin foil crown and call yourself “Lord Behemoth Roboto”, because if you’re going to live in a giant delusion, you might as well be the undisputed ruler of all that you survey.

Whether you’re into surf or just a hodad looking for something more than the nightly weenie roast, you can unleash the tidal wave of surf instrumental goodness by clicking on the green button below. Ten points goes to anyone who can name all the surf artists listed on my fake Surf! album cover…

Enjoy!

All 90+ Surf Instrumental Tracks Available On The Playlist

1. “36-24-36 (1995 Digital Remaster)”
   by The Shadows
   The Platinum Collection
2. “Adventures In Paradise (Album Version)”
   by The Challengers
   Surfing Around The World
3. “Apache”
   by The Shadows
   Final Tour
4. “Astrosurfin'”
   by The Dillengers
   Instro-Mania
5. “Attack Of Robot Atomico”
   by The Ghastly Ones
   A-Haunting We Will Go-Go
6. “Baja”
   by The Astronauts
   Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 5: Surf
7. “Beach Creep”
   by Satan’s Pilgrims
   Soul Pilgrim
8. “Beatnik Bandit”
   by The Volcanos
   Surf Quake
9. “Beyond The Sound Of Time”
   by The Bomboras
   Head Shrinkin’ Fun
10. “Big Surf (LP Version)”
    by The Sentinals
    Big Surf
11. “Big Surge”
    by The Surfaris
    Wipe Out!: The Best Of The Surfaris
12. “Blue Surf”
    by The Impacts
    Big Surf Hits
13. “Blunderbus”
    by The Chantays
    Two Sides Of The Chantays
14. “Bombora”
    by Les Fradkin & Get Wet
    Splash!
15. “Bring Me the Head of Geraldo Rivera”
    by The Surf Trio
    Forbidden Sounds
16. “Bulldog (Album Version)”
    by The Challengers
    Surfbeat
17. “Bullwinkle Pt. II (LP Version)”
    by The Centurions
    Bullwinkle Pt. II
18. “Bustin’ Surfboards”
    by The Tornadoes
    Pulp Fiction
19. “C’mon Do the Laika”
    by Laika & The Cosmonauts
    Zero Gravity
20. “Church Key”
    by Dave Myers & The Surftones
    Big Surf Hits
21. “Death Trap”
    by The Surfdusters
    Surf After Dark
22. “Diamond head”
    by The Ventures
    Walk Don’t Run – The Best Of The Ventures
23. “Echo Park”
    by Blue Stingrays
    Surf-N-Burn
24. “Esperanza”
    by Dick Dale
    Tribal Thunder
25. “Espionage”
    by Los Straitjackets
    Viva!
26. “Fathomized”
    by The Fathoms
    Overboard
27. “Fiberglass Jungle”
    by The Crossfires
    Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 5: Surf
28. “Frogman”
    by The Plungers
    Land of a Thousand Surf Guitars
29. “Fugitive”
    by Laika & The Cosmonauts
    Zero Gravity
30. “Galley Slave”
    by Southern Culture On The Skids
    Dirt Track Date
31. “Gargantua’s Last Stand”
    by Man or Astro-Man?
    Destroy All Astromen!!
32. “Goldfinger”
    by Blue Stingrays
    Surf-N-Burn
33. “Gone Surfing”
    by The Stingrays
    Don’t Fear The Reverb
34. “Goofy Foot (Surf Battle)”
    by The Lively Ones
    Hang Five!!! The Best Of The Lively Ones
35. “Guitarget (aka Hotdoggen aks Hotdoggin’) (LP Version)”
    by The Lively Ones
    Surf Rider
36. “Half-Pipe”
    by Ralph Rebel
    Surfin & Rockin
37. “Hammerhead”
    by The Halibuts
    Life On The Bottom
38. “Haulin’ Hearse”
    by The Ghastly Ones
    A-Haunting We Will Go-Go
39. “Hippo Hump”
    by The Fathoms
    Overboard
40. “Hornet’s Nest”
    by Los Straitjackets
    Velvet Touch of Los Straitjackets
41. “Intoxica (LP Version)”
    by The Centurions
    Bullwinkle Pt. II
42. “Joker’s Wild”
    by Man or Astro-Man?
    Destroy All Astromen!!
43. “Kon-Tiki (1995 Digital Remaster)”
    by The Shadows
    The Platinum Collection
44. “Little Death Coupe”
    by The Surf Trio
    Forbidden Sounds
45. “Make Mayan a Hawaiian”
    by Southern Culture On The Skids
    Dirt Track Date
46. “Misirlou”
    by Dick Dale & His Deltones
    King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
47. “Moment of Truth”
    by Dave Myers & The Surftones
    Big Surf Hits
48. “Monsoon”
    by Blue Stingrays
    Surf-N-Burn
49. “Mr. Moto”
    by The Lively Ones
    Hang Five!!! The Best Of The Lively Ones
50. “Mr. Rebel”
    by Eddie & The Showmen
    Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 5: Surf
51. “Mystery Planet”
    by The Bomboras
    Head Shrinkin’ Fun
52. “Nuevo Durango”
    by Longboard Ranch
    Surfin’ Out West
53. “Oahu Luau”
    by Laika & The Cosmonauts
    Zero Gravity
54. “Out Of Limits”
    by The Marketts
    Billboard Top Rock’N’Roll Hits 1964
55. “Penetration”
    by The Pyramids
    Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 5: Surf
56. “Perfidia”
    by The Ventures
    All-Time Greatest Hits
57. “Pipeline”
    by Agent Orange
    Living In Darkness
58. “Pipeline”
    by The Chantays
    Billboard Top Pop Hits of 1963
59. “Playa De Los Muertos”
    by The Bomboras
    Head Shrinkin’ Fun
60. “Plymouth Rock”
    by Satan’s Pilgrims
    Soul Pilgrim
61. “Point Panic”
    by The Surfaris
    Wipe Out!: The Best Of The Surfaris
62. “Reverb 10,000”
    by Man or Astro-Man?
    Destroy All Astromen!!
63. “Riders In the Sky”
    by Dick Dale & His Deltones
    King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
64. “Rockula”
    by Los Straitjackets
    Velvet Touch of Los Straitjackets
65. “Rumors of Surf”
    by Southern Culture On The Skids
    Ditch Diggin’
66. “Satan’s Theme (LP Version)”
    by The Challengers
    Lloyd Thaxton Goes Surfing With The Challengers
67. “Seville”
    by Teisco Del Rey
    Surf Guitar Greats: One Dozen Surf-Rock Instrumentals
68. “Sharkskin”
    by The Surfdusters
    Surf After Dark
69. “Shit Sandwich”
    by Satan’s Pilgrims
    Soul Pilgrim
70. “Space Probe”
    by The Chantays
    Two Sides Of The Chantays
71. “Suicide Bay”
    by The Halibuts
    Life On The Bottom
72. “Sunnyside Up”
    by The Stingrays
    Don’t Fear The Reverb
73. “Surf Medley”
    by Junior Brown
    Semi Crazy
74. “Surfer Girl”
    by The Sentinals
    Surfer Girl
75. “Surfin’ With the Mountain King”
    by The Surf Trio
    Forbidden Sounds
76. “Surfin’ You Say”
    by The Ziggens
    Pomona Lisa
77. “Take Blya Moja”
    by Black ‘N’ Whites
    Surfbeat Behind the Iron Curtain: Vol.1
78. “The Eliminator”
    by Dick Dale
    Tribal Thunder
79. “The Hearse”
    by The Fathoms
    Overboard
80. “The New Victor”
    by Dick Dale
    Tribal Thunder
81. “The Wedge”
    by Dick Dale & His Deltones
    King Of The Surf Guitar: The Best Of Dick Dale & His Del-Tones
82. “The Wetspot”
    by The Halibuts
    Chumming
83. “The lonely bull”
    by Los Jets
    Made In Spain
84. “Theme From Unfinished Symphony”
    by T. Terauchi & Bunnys
    Surfbeat Behind the Iron Curtain: Vol.1
85. “Thunderhead”
    by The Ghastly Ones
    A-Haunting We Will Go-Go
86. “Tombsurfin'”
    by Molly Maguires
    Dirty Surf
87. “Torpedo”
    by Singing Guitars
    Surfbeat Behind the Iron Curtain: Vol2
88. “Unfrozen Caveman Surfer”
    by The Plungers
    Land of a Thousand Surf Guitars
89. “Walk – Don’t Run”
    by The Ventures
    Walk Don’t Run – The Best Of The Ventures
90. “Whirlpool”
    by The Volcanos
    Surf Quake
91. “Wipe Out”
    by The Surfaris
    Billboard Top Pop Hits of 1963
92. “Woody Wagon (2006 Remastered Album Version)”
    by The Marketts
    The Marketts Take To Wheels
93. “Wreck Beach”
    by The Surfdusters
    Surf After Dark