Summertime means chilling at the ocean beach, eating mountains of ice cream, and getting gorgeously tanned. Unfortunately, some people found out that suntan lotion has a few side effects, as well. Mostly, bad luck and beach fun turned into awkward situations.
Jimmy Fallon, the host of the popular The Tonight Show, asked his viewers to share their biggest, worst beach blunders and funny accidents. “It’s Hashtags time! Tag a tweet with #BeachFail and then tell us about a funny or weird thing that happened to you at the beach. Could be on the show!” he tweeted. Check out this list of the beach activities turned sour from this hilarious Twitter thread, keep scrolling, upvote your favorite funny fails, and leave a comment about why you liked them. If you still crave some more amazing challenges, check out our other posts on Jimmy Pallon's Twitter posts here, here, and here.
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Years and years ago in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Late afternoon, the sun will soon set and most people have already left the beach. A young American is frantically looking for something in the sand. Passing close by, he asks if I have happened to find some keys in the sand and explains to me that he had come down to the beach wearing only bathing trunks and flip flops and that he had hidden his keys in the sand and put his sandals on top of them. After a long swim, he came back, put his flip flops on - and left ...
There's a fine line between awesome and having a death wish.
Load More Replies...There's no point in pestering people to do what you want instead of letting each one enjoy him/herself. I hate this kind of "preachers" who always seem to think they know what's good for you.
Load More Replies...How dare the dad just try and enjoy his holiday without some nosy b***h getting in the way
Load More Replies...Sea, sand, and sun should be all about fun but they’re not, as these people’s responses to Fallon’s challenge will show you. Beware. Some of these stories will have you cringing with embarrassment. Others will have you wondering how something like this can be real.
my cousin told me when he was little he started crying b/c he saw a guy walk out of the ocean looking exactly like that; he could have seen u
Didn't Daniel Craig say he had trouble pulling that stunt off too because of a riptide?
Maybe the kid felt sorry for you or maybe s/he's afraid of blood.
Guarantee that doesn't work. Dogs are smarter. If one in the car knows the real destination, the dog will know as well right off the bed.
You never know, mom might be a very gifted liar.
Load More Replies...Oh that's so wrong! Fooling the dog was bad enough but telling the kids we are going to the beach then don't....Oooo that's wrong.
Awww that is awful. Take your dog on car rides to the park or something and they will not be afraid to ride in the car. At least go to the beach after the vet!
One Twitter user admitted that a police helicopter spotlight found him making love to his wife on the beach. At night. While looking for a suspect. The officers told the couple to get a room. Another social media user told the Internet how a seagull stole her food and bikini top, leaving her topless in front of the entire beach. While a third person recounted how she swam in the dark in Florida, only to keep getting “nudged” by something in the water. She later found out it was shark mating season.
I would be worried seeing that from a distance. Also who naps on straight sand without a towel.
Judging by the shadows, it was rather late in the afternoon, and we do not know what month of the year this took place. But I agree, it would make much more sense to put a towel on top of her than underneath.
Load More Replies...Now, you might be thinking that you’ll never swim again if there are vicious, man-eaters everywhere. But I’m here to let you know what to do in case you run into a shark! Shark season in Florida usually starts in January and ends in April. You should always swim in a group and avoid cloudy water; don’t swim with bleeding wounds, especially during or after twilight. You should also remove any jewelry or bright clothing, because shiny and high-contrast objects attract sharks. If you see a shark — get out of the water.
We were driving along an unsealed back road one day and on the side of the road a couple were at it in broad daylight. I’m all for outdoor fun but you gotta at least try and be inconspicuous.
Bah ha ha, that is actually soo cool, I would also tell that story to EVERYONE!!
Something similar happened to me once. Summer night at a camping, lying on the sand, under the moon, listening to the soothing sound of waves crushing... Me and my girlfriend got in the mood and engaged in action. Suddenly lights turn on and a group of amateur astronomists exits from some tents a few meters away... They observed 2 moons that night...
my father his blonde girlfriend and I was at museum in Cheb. There was laso a different blonde woman who had quite the same lenght of a hair and dark jacket... he step behind her, when she was looking at some exponate, he caress her butt and ask her if she likes it (he meant that exponate :D), when she turn around with horrified look in her eyes and my dad realized his mistake, I was unable to stand anymore as I laughted and gasping for breath :D
Reminds me of when my mom, dad, and sister were at a gas station buying snacks (on a road trip) and a lot of people there were speaking rapid French. My mom and sister get behind my dad in line, who's holding a big bag if Cheeto puffs. My mom says, "Oh, you got Cheeto puffs, you Homer Simpson you!" He turns around and it turns out he was one of the French dudes.
And normally people don't speak to strangers in France.
Load More Replies...Shark expert Richard Peirce told CNN that during a shark encounter, you should stop panicking and maintain eye contact with the animal. If the shark’s attacking, you ought to make yourself as big as possible and fight tooth and nail. Sharks aren’t bears so don’t play dead. But if a shark is just passing by, you should make yourself seem as small as possible and slowly back away.
Florida has the most unprovoked shark attacks in the world. In 2018, there were 66 such attacks worldwide, 32 of which occurred in the United States. 16 of these happened in Florida.
:( Same. My dad always wore those Hawaiian type shirts and embarrassing shorts....f***y pack....sneakers with white socks that covered half his calves. Every time we went to Florida for vacation. I hated it then...I miss it now.
Awww this made me want to cry ;-/ in a good way! It was so touching
I still don't get what's the hatred of white socks. I've asked several people who come with some convoluted It's ok in some sports and some type of sports shoes etc; but no 'why' --- neon green good, white bad? Meh. Adjacent to that, the whole socks/sandals thing is equally baseless, "It's wrong just 'coz... it's wrong". Whatever works. Mind you my whole clothes choice is based on what doesn't itch.
A huge number of Americans go to the beach each year. According to the 2012 Statistical Abstract of the United States, a whopping 58.67 million people did so in 2010. That’s a fifth of the country! Just remember, if you’re in Florida, keep an eye out for shark fins in the water. Otherwise, your beach fail could be so bad, it might end up on Jimmy Fallon's Twitter thread.
I would rather have seen the shark. And yes I do know sharks are dangerous, but at least they're supposed to be there
Load More Replies...My kids were swimming in the ocean. Shallow water. I saw a fin! My first reaction of cause was to shout SHARK at the top of my lungs. Then the culprit jumped. It was dolphins playing. It was me feeling like a complete a**e.
Whilst camping on the beach around New Years my daughter and I were enjoying a swim. Whilst we were swimming we had to keep an eye out for sting rays and then all of a sudden my daughter sees a big shadow swimming fast towards us so we started running towards the shallows, squealing. When we thought it was safe we turned around and it was a dolphin. I am spewing coz if I knew it was a dolphin I would have squealed in delight and just watched. But swimming with the sting rays was still awesome.
Load More Replies...Ah trash bags, nature's chameleon. I once nearly caused a wreck when tired after a long shift. It was dark enough to turn headlights on, and a trash bag flew out of a truck in front of me. I swerved thinking it was a Dementor from Harry Potter. (Yeah, I'm a nerd)
I would be more frightened to see discarded trash bag in ocean than a shark. At least, shark belongs in there.
Not if you were the guy whose nuts were just crushed.
Load More Replies...*extremely out of tune with a kazoo* dOo DoO dO dOo DoO dO dOo DoO dOOOOO
Load More Replies...As a photographer, I can honestly say that if that's the way you turned up in the photos, the photographer had no idea what they were doing
Indeed, cheapness in the photography department ruined some of their photos and probably made the rest embarassingly plain-to-weak.
Load More Replies...THEY ruined the photos by dragging people to a beach. Good for you. Skin Cancer is nothing to mess with.
@Taxi_cabs, you have to really throw a fit like a child? MammaG was supporting the woman who tweeted that post. I am quite certain it was not meant as a direct attack- on such an insignificant subject. We do not demand any apology, but we would be grateful. We do understand you, but prefer logic and fact to the primitive human instinct. We have evolved into much more understanding beings have we not?
Load More Replies...I think that sounds like you improved the wedding photos. That'd be awesome "And see... you can observe by the floating hair and dress that I invited a spirit... and she attended!!!"
If THEY make you believe you ruined those photos then they're people to avoid.
I did something like that for my bus pass for college. Picture it; white as a sheet, red lipstick, brunette and a black long sleeved top with a Red Chinese dragon on it. All shot against a white background. Had to get another picture (and pass) As bus drivers couldn’t tell if it was me. Someone asked how long I’d been dead and another was worried I was a vampire.
We don’t have spring break in Australia but going from American movies would it be because of all the flashing titties and nudity?
it says GrandMA was speechless but GrandPA couldn't stop asking questions
Load More Replies...Yell a warning? Like what? Instead of yelling "Shark!!" yell "Spew!!" and she'd probably just ignore you or look very confused... until...
Load More Replies...Who gets nudged by anything in the ocean at night and stays in the water??
Well me and my mate(we're both Irish) were on a summer working visa in Ocean City, Maryland and decided to go bodyboarding(surfing without standing up). It was difficult with all the serious surfers around. Eventually they all left the water and we had the waves to ourselves. After an hour we got out. 2 surfers came over to us and asked where we were from. They called us the mad Irish and explained that everybody gets out of the water after 6 cos the sharks come in to the shallow waters in the evening. I didn't see any sharks or get nudged but we felt pretty stupid.
Load More Replies...Dude, Florida's abbreviation is DL, and everyone should know not to swim IN THE OCEAN at night
I’ve lived on the East coast of Florida for about 40years. This is absolutely true! Never go in the water at night. Actually, shouldn’t do it in the day either. Every single year without fail, there is a shark attack at Cocoa Beach during Spring Break. I won’t go in the ocean.
Sharks in florida don't have a mating season, the water is warm enough to breed year-round
Not sure I believe this one. You just stayed in the water after something kept nudging you, in the dark? Yeah, right.
Um...this sounds made up. How did the seagull take the top if you were putting it on?
Probably undid the straps while sunbathing on her stomach?
Load More Replies...I have done the same thing with an older and very dear friend of mine. She used to go swimming in the sea every day and so I just thought that she was playing. She finally made it out of the water on her own and I felt like an idiot when she told me that she had waived for assistance. She passed away over ten years ago and I miss her.
Similar story. First time anywhere near the sea. Literally, the only thing I knew about it was that it's salty. Got on an inflatable raft. Dozed off. Woke up and realized the shore looks nothing like the place I went in from. Frantically doggy paddled to shore, got pulled under by a tide near it, slammed into some rocks, then had to walk for an hour and a half barefoot and dragging my float after my dumb a*s. I don't even think it registered with me at the time just how dangerous the situation was...
did kind of the same as a teen on Clearwater Bch--awoke to numerous angry/urgent whistle toots from the lifeguard. there were no boats around, but at that age it was a little scary!
At least you weren't there so long you were yelling "Wilson!" At the top of your lungs as your best friend, albeit a coconut, droft away from you. NEVER TO RETURN.
Because you can easily step over red whithe chevron marking tape attached to flagpoles waving red flags, doesn't mean you should.
Key component to setting up a site on a crowded beach, never trust a completely empty area. It is empty for a reason. From crime scenes to turtle nests, could be anything.
You were on a beach and there was sand EVERYWHERE? OMG! Write your congressman. Or emigrate to the UK, where the majority of beaches is cobbles, pebbles, or some other annoying variety of stone.
So you just sat there once you realised?? Think I'd have moved after the first few!!!! 😂
Well, humans are a******s when they think they can hide food from an animal. For the seagulls it's far easier to steal our food than go and fish, so they are very good at finding what we hide. I'd say they are smart.
Load More Replies...As an avid shopper I love to get good deals so this Friday I went to the store and I bought Garmin marine device they were a lot of devices https://Garminexpressupdater.com
I went camping with school, many years (well decades ago) and had hidden biscuits in my bag in the tent. I came back from a hike and opened the bag to find a squirrel sitting in the bag eating the biscuits! It had chewed a whole through the pocket to get into the bag and opened the biscuit wrapper by the tag bit. I called my parents to say that a squirrel had eaten through my sister’s bag and she was gonna kill me! But the squirrel didn’t want to give the biscuits up at all.
I had a seagull fly off with a bag of Doritos that was in my bag! But I love throwing chips up to them, the always catch it!
Really?? Over that?? I would have laughed and used it as a conversation breaker.
Have some compassion. Fear of the color purple is a very real thing. Just messing with you, he dodge a bullet.
Load More Replies...Wow.....I think you lucked out there. No girl that behaves like that is worth your time
Yea, but does this happen every time? We need more research on that!
Load More Replies...We used to play a game when we were kids, run along the beach holding some chips (fries) on your head and see how long you can last before you give in and collapse from the seagulls around your head, it was fun.
Maybe she was bending down to tie a shoe lace or pick something up? Maybe her dog was playing in the same spot with someone else and a frisbee and so she sat down to watch? Maybe she was sat on a bench and a large dog cake up behind the bench and cocked his leg up to urinate against the bench and got her too? There are many many logical explanations for why someone got peed on whilst at the dog beach! He doesn't say she was laying down like you've assumed, too.
Load More Replies...Jantzen put out a fishnet style in Australia in the 1960s and tested only the lining for shrinkage. Massive recall when the net part shrank rock hard when wet.
Maybe that Croc and Jaws have something worked out. You know he scares people on Jaws days off.
No. Especially not if the water is cold. Too bad people won't wear suits that fit them.
Load More Replies...This is a massive fail for the hire company, loaning equipment without guidance. It's one thing not to explain how to use it, but even a seasoned paddle boarder new to the area wouldn't know where not to swim with the ferry!
Better a dump or four from a dog than all the waste people dump on the beach and in the sea.
You ever tried to stop a dog from taking a s**t once they're in position? I make my dog go every time before the beach, and she still ALWAYS has to go the second we arrive.
Load More Replies...I almost stepped on an eagle ray barb around New Years. We went camping on the beach for 2 weeks and we knew that where we went was a sting ray hot spot BUT no where near as much as this time. The spot we camped at had about 3 stingrays that often buried themselves in the sand. And at least another 5 that swam through. I didn’t know this and on the first day we got there I was just walking in the water when for some reason I decided to look down at just the right time with my foot about half a foot above the barb. Fortunately that didn’t scare me out of the water, we spent the rest of the holiday swimming with sting rays and just watching where we walk and leave them alone. It was friggin awesome.
Okay... why would you go swimming with a maxi pad? What did she think would happen?
Me and my mom know this from experience... except there was no sand. Just rock.
Some people believe that in windy and cloudy days you get windburn but in fact it’s a misconception. Just because it is cloudy does not mean you are protected by the UV rays. So it’s not windburn but just sunburn.
I had to try and explain that to a friend - she was going on about getting windburn and when I said there was no such thing she could not understand that you can get sunburned through the clouds. She probably still doesn't believe me.
Load More Replies...The most severe burns are on cloudy days. You don't realize how long you've been out there
So they drove to the beach that has a red warning for sharks in the area so states not to risk swimming in the sea, they drove to the beach without realising and so I guess from them saying it's a fail, they were intending to swim. That's what
Load More Replies...the problem may be the "family" part of it, not the other naked people
Load More Replies...Me and my friends were sunbathing naked when this stuck up family arrived and made a big fuzz because they probably saw tits and d***s the first time in their lives.
And you lived to tell the tale. So nudity isn't killing you and striking you blind, I'd even bet you that you won't go to hell for seeing some nude people.
Stupid people do stupid things, I hope the turtle was ok even after your stupid stunt.
We went on a all day snorkeling trip. I was so proud of myself for wearing a strong enough sunblock that I did not get a sun burn. Once we got back to the condo, I showered and then realized I forgot to put sunblock on the back upper part of my thighs. I had two giant red patches shaped like eyes. The next day they started to peel and inched like mad. My husband thought it was hysterical!
Don't forget tops of feet and ears. I did -- once.
Load More Replies...So many of these are made up or "borrowed" from someone else it's beyond obvious...
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!
Load More Replies...I was camping in a state park on the beach in Florida (where I'm from) with some friends of mine from Alabama. One of my friends got up really early before anyone else and decided he would go for a very early morning swim. Later mid-morning, the rest of us are finally awake and getting ready to go for a swim when we see Dan walking back totally nonchalant and calm. A little later we see the red flag is up which means dangerous under toes and the purple flag which means a lot of marine life in the water so we all opt out of swimming. Dan then is like, is that what those flags mean? Turns out, he went swimming alone, got sucked into an undertow, frantically tried to swim out of it without knowing how until he gave up out of exhaustion, thought this was his end of his life, drifted further and further out, then suddenly came out of the current hours later and after resting on shore, walked back to camp like nothing ever happened which is when we saw him. It's a scary story, but so hilario
- but so hilarious if you know his quite, very nonchalant personality. He told the whole story monotone and not at all like you would think one would tell when they thought they were about to die. Oh geesh.
Load More Replies...I was on holiday with my family when I was younger. My sister wanted me to put suncream on her back, so I wrote "poop" in suncream and pretended to rub it in. She had "poop" on her back the rest of the holiday!
I went to the beach once and had a pleasant day with my wife, we drunk some beer and played some games with the dogs and then went home, it was lovely.
Went camping with my new boyfriend, my brother, his wife and others at a lake located far from any town. While walking from the water to the beach, I managed to almost slice off two of my toes. Luckily, boyfriend got me to town pretty quickly, but I had to have all sorts of yucky things done to my foot and get a tetanus shot. Boyfriend still stuck around!
I have the perfect one from my husband! When he was in college he had not sense of color coordination for clothes. His sister told me the story of when they went to the beach as a family day and my husband would meet them there. Suddenly sister hears a kid say, "mommy, look at that naked man walking on the beach!" Somehow sister knew it was my husband (her brother) but was hoping it wasn't. She turned around to see my husband walking towards her but he wasn't naked. He was just wearing all skin colored tan-ish clothes and against the sun and sand, he looked naked.,she was so embarrassed.
When I was 11, we went to visit my father who was working out of town in CT. We took the motel blanket to use as a beach blanket. I sat at the edge of it on the sand and lit a sparkler that I had. I minute later I hear, "Lady, your blanket's on fire". I'm 11, so when I hear 'lady', I think a grown woman and I looked around and didn't see anything. A few seconds later, "Lady, your blanket's on fire". Now I'm thinking, "What dumbass has their blanket on fire and doesn't know it." Few seconds later, "LADY! YOUR BLANKET'S ON FIRE!" So I turn around and see a blaze in the middle of the motel blanket. The sparkler must have done it. My father was not pleased. I have no idea if they got billed for the blanket or not.
So many of these are made up or "borrowed" from someone else it's beyond obvious...
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!
Load More Replies...I was camping in a state park on the beach in Florida (where I'm from) with some friends of mine from Alabama. One of my friends got up really early before anyone else and decided he would go for a very early morning swim. Later mid-morning, the rest of us are finally awake and getting ready to go for a swim when we see Dan walking back totally nonchalant and calm. A little later we see the red flag is up which means dangerous under toes and the purple flag which means a lot of marine life in the water so we all opt out of swimming. Dan then is like, is that what those flags mean? Turns out, he went swimming alone, got sucked into an undertow, frantically tried to swim out of it without knowing how until he gave up out of exhaustion, thought this was his end of his life, drifted further and further out, then suddenly came out of the current hours later and after resting on shore, walked back to camp like nothing ever happened which is when we saw him. It's a scary story, but so hilario
- but so hilarious if you know his quite, very nonchalant personality. He told the whole story monotone and not at all like you would think one would tell when they thought they were about to die. Oh geesh.
Load More Replies...I was on holiday with my family when I was younger. My sister wanted me to put suncream on her back, so I wrote "poop" in suncream and pretended to rub it in. She had "poop" on her back the rest of the holiday!
I went to the beach once and had a pleasant day with my wife, we drunk some beer and played some games with the dogs and then went home, it was lovely.
Went camping with my new boyfriend, my brother, his wife and others at a lake located far from any town. While walking from the water to the beach, I managed to almost slice off two of my toes. Luckily, boyfriend got me to town pretty quickly, but I had to have all sorts of yucky things done to my foot and get a tetanus shot. Boyfriend still stuck around!
I have the perfect one from my husband! When he was in college he had not sense of color coordination for clothes. His sister told me the story of when they went to the beach as a family day and my husband would meet them there. Suddenly sister hears a kid say, "mommy, look at that naked man walking on the beach!" Somehow sister knew it was my husband (her brother) but was hoping it wasn't. She turned around to see my husband walking towards her but he wasn't naked. He was just wearing all skin colored tan-ish clothes and against the sun and sand, he looked naked.,she was so embarrassed.
When I was 11, we went to visit my father who was working out of town in CT. We took the motel blanket to use as a beach blanket. I sat at the edge of it on the sand and lit a sparkler that I had. I minute later I hear, "Lady, your blanket's on fire". I'm 11, so when I hear 'lady', I think a grown woman and I looked around and didn't see anything. A few seconds later, "Lady, your blanket's on fire". Now I'm thinking, "What dumbass has their blanket on fire and doesn't know it." Few seconds later, "LADY! YOUR BLANKET'S ON FIRE!" So I turn around and see a blaze in the middle of the motel blanket. The sparkler must have done it. My father was not pleased. I have no idea if they got billed for the blanket or not.

