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Surfer Takes Advantage Of A Small But Long Wave (Huntington Beach, 2020)

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

A surfer takes advantage of a small but long wave at Huntington Beach, California in 2020. The scene evokes a relaxed, nostalgic summer vibe with natural sunlight and rolling ocean waves. Ideal for surf culture documentaries, coastal lifestyle content, or nostalgic travel montages.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for surf culture documentaries, California coastal travel edits, lifestyle brand films, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a lone surfer in rolling Huntington Beach surf.
Edit role
This short clip works as a cutaway or transition beat between wider beach scenes and closer surf action, showing a surfer riding through whitewater over several seconds.
Visual details
A single surfer in a dark wetsuit moves through churning white foam on gray-green ocean water, with natural daylight on the breaking wave and no beach, crowds, logos, or buildings visible.
Shot mechanics
The ground-camera view holds a telephoto-feeling ocean composition with the surfer low in the frame, foamy wave action across the foreground and midground, and open water filling the background.

Tags

seabeachwavessportsurfsurfistetakesadvantagesmalllongwavereachdestinationsportsrecreationhuntington BEACH californiafootagebuy

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
58 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.

At Huntington Beach, California, a surfer is barely visible behind a breaking whitewater wave with gray-green ocean stretching behind him.
The opening frame shows the surfer mostly obscured as the wave begins to break across the frame. (0:00)
At Huntington Beach, California, the surfer's head appears above a foamy wave crest while open ocean water fills the background.
This frame gives a brief glimpse of the surfer emerging through the foam during the ride. (0:01)
At Huntington Beach, California, a surfer in a dark wetsuit rides near the right edge of a broad whitewater section, with textured ocean behind him.
The surfer is more separated from the foam here, making the lone rider easier to read in the frame. (0:02)
Surfer sits low on a board in foamy water.

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