Beautiful Wave

Beautiful Wave is a 2012 adventure coming-of-age drama film.

The film was directed by David Mueller.

[1] New Yorker late-teen Nicole (Aimee Teegarden) visits her estranged grandmother (Patricia Richardson) in Santa Cruz, California for the summer.

She learns family history, meets a boy, takes a road trip to Mexico, learns to surf, and discovers her missing-or-presumed-dead grandfather.

Professional surfer Holly Beck surfs in a non-speaking cameo role.