"Don't Go Near the Water" is a song by American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1971 album Surf's Up.

Written by Mike Love and Al Jardine, the song puts an ironic, ecological spin on the traditional Beach Boys beach- and surf- based songs: instead of enjoying surfing and other fun activities, this time the listener is advised to avoid the water for environmental reasons.

According to biographer Peter Ames Carlin, Brian Wilson contributed the dissonant piano part.

[3]Unused lyrics for the song mentioned the narrator's father in reference to the water: "I think it killed my dad".

[citation needed] Credits from Craig Slowinski[5] The Beach Boys Session musicians