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Man in Black Swimsuit Tries to Swim (Huntington Beach, 2020)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps People Huntington Beach, California, United States 2020
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About this clip

A young man in a black swimsuit attempts to swim at Huntington Beach, California in 2020. The footage shows the man struggling playfully in the water, embodying the carefree spirit of a beach day. The natural lighting and handheld camera style give it an authentic, nostalgic feel.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, beach documentary scenes, social cuts, or brand films needing a 2020 Huntington Beach moment with a lone swimmer paddling through surf.
Edit role
Works as a short cutaway or texture beat between wider beach scenes, especially where an edit needs a quick human-scale moment in active ocean water.
Visual details
A person in a dark wetsuit or black swimwear is seen from behind in gray-blue surf, with white foam in the foreground and midground and low natural light reflecting on the water.
Shot mechanics
Ground-level shore composition frames the swimmer in the lower half of the image while breaking waves and foam fill the midground and background.

Tags

waveguyfundayworriedoviductvirusblackbuttswimnaturehuntington BEACH californiaamateurcutebusinesscinematiccameramoderncinematography

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
47 MB
Location
Huntington Beach, California, United States
Year filmed
2020
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

A person viewed from behind paddles through gray-blue surf at Huntington Beach, California, with white foam spread across the water ahead.
The opening frame places the lone swimmer low in the surf with broken foam across the scene. (0:00)
The swimmer remains centered from behind in Huntington Beach surf as bands of white foam drift across the gray water.
This frame holds on the swimmer's back as the water surface fills most of the composition. (0:01)
A person in dark clothing or swimwear paddles away from camera in Huntington Beach water, with foamy surf surrounding the body.
The swimmer appears slightly farther into the water while broken foam trails around the arms and torso. (0:02)
Swimmer low in frame with a wave forming ahead.

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