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Surfer Wearing Rash Guard Paddles Out To Sea (Huntington Beach, 2020)

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

Shot on digital video with cinematic quality, the clip captures the surfer navigating the surf with calm determination. The scene reflects modern beach culture and coastal recreation, offering authentic, unscripted moments of ocean sports. Ideal for editorial, lifestyle, or surf-themed content.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits surf documentary segments, coastal recreation edits, travel cutdowns, agency mood reels, or brand films needing a single surfer paddling through Huntington Beach whitewater in 2020.
Edit role
Works as a short insert or transition beat between surfing action shots, showing the effort of paddling out before a ride rather than the wave ride itself.
Visual details
A surfer in a dark rash guard or wetsuit paddles prone through gray-blue ocean water as white foam breaks across the foreground and midground, with no crowd or shoreline visible.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera composition keeps the surfer in the midground behind rolling whitewater, with layered surf in the foreground and open ocean filling the background.

Tags

surfingsurfermanwavesbeachwearingrashguardpaddlesseawashsportsrecreationhuntington BEACH californiacinematicvideographybuyfootage

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
50 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 surfer in dark swimwear paddles through foamy Huntington Beach surf as a breaking wave fills the lower frame.
The opening frame shows the surfer partially obscured by whitewater while paddling out. (0:00)
The surfer remains in the midground at Huntington Beach, with white surf rising across the foreground and open water behind.
This frame emphasizes the height of the breaking foam between the camera and the paddling surfer. (0:01)
A dark-clad surfer paddles away from camera through choppy Huntington Beach water as a white wave rolls across the foreground.
The frame shows the surfer farther right in the composition after pushing beyond a breaking section. (0:02)
Surfer prone on board in foamy water

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