Lands End | Green Shorts Program 1 | Green Film Festival of San Francisco 2025

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Swimmers gather, plunge through the surf, and head west from China Beach where San Francisco’s Northern edge meets the Pacific Ocean.

Taking a break from their busy lives, they swim along the base of Lands End’s sheer rock cliffs, navigating wave-battered rocks covered with kelp, mussels, and harbor seals basking in the chilly gray fog.

Swimmers here are often subject to the Pacific Ocean's violent mood swings. Visitors swim through calm waters, but also fight strong currents, big surf, and the threat of hypothermia at times.

They prepare physically and psychologically before subjecting themselves to powerful ocean forces, yet these explorers find something healing in the untamed waters!

Filmmaker expected to attend for live Q&A.

Director Biography

Steve Peletz swims outside San Francisco's Golden Gate and explores our oceans as a research diver and underwater photographer.

Studying film production at City College of San Francisco, he is working on a documentary about shark research and conservation efforts in the Pacific.

Steve strives to educate and inspire audiences chronicling ocean beauty, complexity, but also tragedies at sea at DeepBlueMonthly.com where he shares the latest news on scientific diving, marine research, and critical conservation efforts.

Year
2025
Runtime
9 minutes
Country
United States

Director
Steve Peletz

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Lands End

Swimmers gather, plunge through the surf, and head west from China Beach where San Francisco’s Northern edge meets the Pacific Ocean. Taking a break from their busy lives, they swim along the base of Lands End’s sheer rock cliffs, navigating wave-battered rocks covered with kelp, mussels, and harbor seals basking in the chilly gray fog. Swimmers here are often subject to the Pacific Ocean's violent mood swings. Visitors swim through calm waters, but also fight strong currents, big surf, and the threat of hypothermia at times. They prepare physically and psychologically before subjecting themselves to powerful ocean forces, yet these explorers find something healing in the untamed waters!

Intangible Zone

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