The scene depicts an expansive sandy beach on the coastline of Matosinhos, Portugal, specifically Praia de Matosinhos, identifiable by the distinctive urban skyline in the background

The scene depicts an expansive sandy beach on the coastline of Matosinhos, Portugal, specifically Praia de Matosinhos, identifiable by the distinctive urban skyline in the background. The sky is a uniform, pale blue-grey. Ocean waves, characterized by white foam, break and recede from the shore, leaving a wide, wet, reflective strip of sand. In the midground, an adult male is walking from left to right along the wet sand, parallel to the ocean. He is shirtless, wearing light-colored shorts, and carrying dark footwear in his right hand. The foreground displays dry, golden-brown sand with visible footprints. In the background, a low, green vegetated dune separates the beach from a distant urban area on the left side of the frame, featuring multi-story buildings and several communication towers on the horizon. Small, indistinct figures and objects, possibly beach furniture, are sparsely distributed on the sand near the dune in the far distance.