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Surfers Waiting for a Breaking Wave in the Ocean (Punta Gorda Beach, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Ocean Punta Gorda Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
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About this clip

Surfers wait in the ocean as a wave breaks. The white foam of the wave moves forward, and surfers paddle to position themselves. The clear turquoise water reveals the ocean floor beneath.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, surf documentaries, agency mood reels, brand films, and social cuts needing aerial surfers in clear water at Punta Gorda Beach, Baja California Sur.
Edit role
The six-second overhead view works as a brief cutaway, transition, or texture beat between beach access, coastline, and surf lineup shots.
Visual details
Small surfers are visible across turquoise-green water while a white breaking wave and foam line move through the lower and left parts of the frames, with bright sun glare on the surface.
Shot mechanics
The composition reads as an overhead DJI drone view, looking straight down at the surf zone with no horizon, using the wave foam as foreground texture and scattered surfers as scale points.

Tags

oceanwavesurferswaterbreakingwhitefoamturquoiseclearpaddlingwaitingseasurfaerialoverheadwavespeopleswimming

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
93 MB
Location
Punta Gorda Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
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.

Overhead view at Punta Gorda Beach, Baja California Sur, with a breaking white wave entering from the lower left and small surfers waiting in clear turquoise water.
This opening frame shows the surf lineup from above as the wave begins to break through the left side of the shot. (0:00)
Overhead Punta Gorda Beach frame with the whitewater pushing farther across the lower center while surfers remain scattered in the darker green water above it.
The frame gives editors a clean aerial view of surfers positioned beyond the breaking foam. (0:01)
Overhead view of Punta Gorda Beach surf with dense white foam across the lower right, bright surface reflections, and small surfers waiting in the upper water.
This moment emphasizes the whitewater pattern and the spacing of surfers in the lineup. (0:02)

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