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People Swimming in the Ocean at the Beach (Huntington Beach, 2019)

5s HD 1080p 29.97fps Beach Huntington Beach, California, United States 2019
People appear in this clip. Editorial use is cleared as shot. If a recognizable person is used commercially, a model release is the licensee's responsibility. how releases work.

About this clip

People swim in the ocean under a clear blue sky, with waves lapping against the sandy shore. The footage has a nostalgic, amateur charm with natural lighting and handheld movement, evoking a carefree summer atmosphere. This authentic slice of modern beach life is ideal for documentaries, travel content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, documentary context, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing 2019 Huntington Beach surf activity from an elevated shoreline view.
Edit role
The short runtime works as a quick ocean cutaway, transition, opener beat, or texture insert between tighter beach scenes and street-level Huntington Beach coverage.
Visual details
White surf spreads across green-blue water, small swimmers and surfers dot the lineup, a sandy beach and low coastal buildings run along the right background, and the scene is lit by clear daylight.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an elevated aerial composition, with foamy shorebreak in the foreground, surfers in the midground, a distant horizon, and the beach angled along the right side of frame.

Tags

wateroceanpeopleswimmingbeachsandskynaturehuntington BEACH californiaintroabstractbusinessbuymodernart

Shot slate

Resolution
1920 × 1080
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
9 MB
Location
Huntington Beach, California, United States
Year filmed
2019
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.

Elevated view over Huntington Beach surf at the start of the clip, with white foam filling the foreground, small surfers and swimmers offshore, and sandy shoreline to the right.
The opening frame shows the clip's aerial beach perspective with active surf and visible people in the water. (0:00)
Huntington Beach ocean view one second in, with the foamy break extending diagonally across the frame and small surfers scattered beyond the whitewater.
This frame emphasizes the diagonal surf line and the spread of people waiting beyond the break. (0:01)
A wide elevated Huntington Beach frame with white surf dominating the lower half, surfers and swimmers spaced across the darker water, and the beach receding along the right edge.
The frame gives editors a broad ocean-and-shoreline read with small human activity for scale. (0:02)

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant download of the HD 1080p master with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.