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People On The Shore Watching Another Big Wave Pass (Pismo Beach, 2019)

5s HD 1080p 29.97fps Beach Pismo 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

Pismo Beach, California – 2019: A group of people stand along the shoreline, watching a powerful wave roll in and crash onto the sand. The scene captures the raw energy of the Pacific Ocean, with waves rolling in under a bright sky. Ideal for nature documentaries, travel content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
This 4K Pismo Beach clip fits travel edits, coastal documentary segments, agency mood reels, brand films, and social cuts needing Pacific surf beside a public pier with people present.
Edit role
Use it as a short cutaway, transition, or texture beat between shoreline activity and broader Pismo Beach coverage, especially where a 5 to 7 second ocean-energy insert is needed.
Visual details
The frames show foamy green-blue surf rolling under a clear blue sky, a wooden pier entering from the right, dark support pilings below it, and several people standing along the railing.
Shot mechanics
The composition looks like an elevated aerial or drone-style angle over water, with the pier in the right foreground and midground, waves across the left side, and a level ocean horizon in the background.

Tags

bigwavespassingshorepeoplepeiwatchingwavepassenjoyweathernaturepismo BEACH californiafootageintroductionprettyromancecute

Shot slate

Resolution
1920 × 1080
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
8 MB
Location
Pismo 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.

Pismo Beach, California surf spreads across the left side of the frame while a wooden pier with several people along the railing extends from the right.
The opening frame establishes the pier, blue horizon, and active whitewater around the structure. (0:00)
A wide view of Pismo Beach shows green-blue water and white surf beside the pier, with visitors visible near the right edge of the frame.
This frame keeps the pier as a right-side foreground line while the breaking wave fills the open water. (0:01)
A wave breaks farther across the left half of the Pismo Beach frame as the wooden pier and its dark support pilings angle into the scene from the right.
The frame shows the wave line spreading across the water while the pier remains the main structural reference. (0:02)

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