Drowning on Dry Land may refer to:

• Drowning on Dry Land (play), a 2004 play by Alan Ayckbourn
• "Drowning on Dry Land" (Grey's Anatomy), a television episode
• Drowning on Dry Land, a 1999 film directed by Carl Colpaert
• "Drowning on Dry Land/Fish Soup", a song by Manfred Mann's Earth Band from Watch
• "Drownin' on Dry Land", a song by Albert King from Years Gone By
• So-called secondary or dry drowning.