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Social media content creation · Puerto Escondido
In short
Social media content creation in Puerto Escondido starts at $400: 2 hours on location with a photographer who works in Puerto Escondido, and 20 edited photos + 6 vertical clips delivered to a private gallery within 7 days.
Why choose social media content creation in Puerto Escondido?
Puerto Escondido sells itself on video: a heavy wave at Zicatela, a board under an arm on the sand at sunrise, the cove at Carrizalillo from the top of the stairs. Surf schools, hotels, cafés and creators need short vertical clips of that, and the craft here is mostly about distance and sound. The surf is filmed from the beach on long lenses, because nobody with a camera goes into the Zicatela shore-break, and anything spoken to camera has to fight a constant roar of waves and an onshore breeze in the afternoon.
Worth knowing about Puerto Escondido
There are no drone shots in a Puerto Escondido content day. NOM-107-SCT3-2019 requires 9.2 km of distance from any aerodrome, and every beach in town is closer than that to Aeropuerto Internacional de Puerto Escondido, so the aerial view of Zicatela that people expect is replaced by long-lens shots from the sand. Any paid work in Mexico is also done by a local crew, because tourist status does not allow paid work.
What does the session in Puerto Escondido look like?
- Playa Zicatela
- The main surf break, filmed from the sand at sunrise when the light is low and the water is glassy.
- Punta Zicatela (La Punta)
- A smaller left-hand wave and a surf-town strip of cafés and boards for lifestyle clips.
- Playa Carrizalillo
- Turquoise water and the stairway reveal shot, filmed before the cove fills.
What does social media content creation in Puerto Escondido include?
- 2 hours of shooting for photos and vertical video in one session
- 20 edited photos sized for feeds and stories
- 6 edited vertical clips, ready to post
- A shot list agreed before the day around your account and what you sell
- Photos and clips delivered within 7 days
Permits at these locations: Playa Zicatela: No published fee for a handheld session on the public beach; no water shots, and anything set up on the sand is cleared with ZOFEMAT or SEMARNAT first Punta Zicatela (La Punta): No published fee for a handheld session on the beach; clifftop hotels and restaurants set their own rules for outside photographers Playa Carrizalillo: No published fee for a handheld session on the public beach; the cove is reached on foot down a long stairway from the clifftop
FAQ — Social media content creation in Puerto Escondido
Can our content shoot in Puerto Escondido include drone footage?
Not routinely. Mexico’s drone standard NOM-107-SCT3-2019 requires 9.2 km of distance from any aerodrome, and the beaches of Puerto Escondido all lie within that distance of the town’s airport. A content shoot in Puerto Escondido therefore uses long lenses from the sand for the surf.
How is clear audio recorded on the beach in Puerto Escondido?
With a wireless lapel microphone and a windscreen on the speaker, and with speaking clips recorded in the calmer early morning. The surf at Zicatela in Puerto Escondido is loud all day, so some creators record the voice-over afterwards indoors and lay it over the beach footage.
When are the biggest waves for surf content in Puerto Escondido?
The largest surf at Zicatela in Puerto Escondido usually comes with the southern swells between May and October, which overlaps the eastern Pacific hurricane season of 15 May to 30 November. Big days draw surfers and spectators, so the shoot is planned around the swell forecast with a spare day.