Beautiful Wave

Beautiful Wave is a 2012 adventure coming-of-age drama film. The film was directed by David Mueller.

Plot
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.

Cast

 * Aimee Teegarden as Nicole Davenport
 * Patricia Richardson as Sue Davenport
 * Ben Milliken as Jeff
 * Alicia Ziegler as Kayla
 * David Thomas Jenkins as Danny
 * Helen Slater as Jane Davenport
 * Lance Henriksen as Jimmy Davenport / Baja Man

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