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Large Waves Move In Slow Motion By Pier Like (Pismo Beach, 2019)

5s HD 1080p 29.97fps Ocean Pismo Beach, California, United States 2019
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About this clip

Pismo Beach California-2019: Large waves roll in slow motion toward a pier, their white foamy crests breaking against the structure. The slow-motion footage highlights the natural rhythm of the waves, creating a serene and inspirational coastal scene. Ideal for documentaries, travel content, or ambient background visuals.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for a travel edit, coastal documentary, agency mood reel, brand film, or social cut needing slow-motion surf beside a pier in Pismo Beach, California.
Edit role
The short 4K slow-motion clip works as a coastal cutaway, transition, texture beat, or opener detail before moving into people, beach life, or broader California travel coverage.
Visual details
White foam spreads across green-blue ocean water while large waves break beside a wooden pier under clear blue sky, with railings, support pilings, flags, and tiny distant pier activity visible.
Shot mechanics
The frames hold an elevated wide composition with the pier running along the right edge, open water filling the foreground and midground, and a level ocean horizon across the background.

Tags

oceanwaterpierquayslow-motionwhite topsfoamlargewavesmoveslowmotionstructurenaturepismo BEACH californiavideographystunning

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

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 0:00, large white surf spreads across the ocean beside the wooden pier in Pismo Beach, California, with blue sky and a bright horizon in the background.
The opening frame shows the pier-side surf pattern and wide coastal composition. (0:00)
At 0:01, the wave line sits slightly farther across the midground as whitewater rolls toward the pier pilings at the right side of the Pismo Beach frame.
This frame emphasizes the moving band of foam as it approaches the pier structure. (0:01)
At 0:02, broken surf fans out below the pier while the right-side pilings create a strong diagonal against the open water and clear sky.
The frame gives editors a clean look at the pier supports cutting through the surf. (0:02)
Wide coastal view with foamy water and pier on the right.

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