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Surfers Wait For A Wave In Water Near The Shore (Huntington Beach, 2020)

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

The natural lighting and casual atmosphere reflect a classic summer day of recreation and coastal lifestyle.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, coastal documentary sequences, agency mood reels, brand films, and social cuts needing Huntington Beach surfers waiting offshore with an oil platform on the horizon.
Edit role
A short cutaway or transition beat that can sit between surfing action shots, giving editors a few seconds of surfers waiting in the lineup while shore break rolls through the foreground.
Visual details
Distant surfers sit or paddle beyond foamy shore break, with blue-green ocean, a flat horizon, pale daylight, and a large offshore platform centered in the background.
Shot mechanics
Ground camera view from shore with layered composition: white water in the foreground, surfers in the midground, horizon and offshore platform in the background.

Tags

surferswaitingeveningoutdoorsoceanwaitwavewaterbeachsportsrecreationhuntington BEACH californiaamateurcutebusinesscinematiccameramoderncinematography

Shot slate

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

Still Frames From This Clip

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

Surfers sit in the water off Huntington Beach, California as a low wave rises in front of them and an offshore platform stands on the horizon.
The opening frame shows the surf lineup, shore break, and offshore platform in one wide coastal view. (0:00)
Several distant surfers remain spread across the Huntington Beach water while white foam thickens along the foreground wave.
This frame emphasizes the waiting surfers against a breaking foreground wave. (0:01)
A white surfboard stands out on the right side of the Huntington Beach lineup as a curling wave and offshore platform define the scene.
The frame gives editors a clear surfboard detail within the wider coastal composition. (0:02)

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