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Adult and Calf Whale Swimming at Surface of Open Ocean (Baja California Sur, 2019)

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Baja California Sur, Mexico 2019
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About this clip

Shot on a consumer camera, the clip captures the majestic pair breaching and swimming in natural light, showcasing their powerful forms against the vast blue sea. The intimate, unscripted moment highlights the bond between mother and calf in their natural habitat.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing an overhead ocean moment with whales barely breaking the surface.
Edit role
Works as a short cutaway or transition beat between closer whale action and wider ocean coverage, giving an editor a quiet aerial texture over a five to six second timeline slot.
Visual details
The frames show turquoise open ocean with small pale and dark whale shapes or surface disturbances visible in the water, soft natural light on ripples, no land, boats, people, logos, or buildings visible.
Shot mechanics
The composition is a high overhead ocean view consistent with DJI drone capture, with the water filling the frame and the whales appearing as small surface details rather than close foreground subjects.

Tags

animalnaturerelaxinglifemajesticadultcalfwhaleswimmingsurfaceopenoceancomingbreathanimalswildlifeeast cape BCS mexico DJIeastartbuy

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
70 MB
Location
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2019
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

3 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

Opening overhead view of turquoise ocean in Baja California Sur, Mexico, with faint whale forms or surface marks near the water and no visible people.
The first frame establishes the open ocean setting with subtle whale activity in a wide aerial view. (0:00)
Second overhead frame from Baja California Sur, Mexico, showing rippled turquoise water with a small pale whale trace or wake and no visible people.
This frame keeps the whale activity small in frame, useful as a restrained wildlife cutaway. (0:01)
Mid-clip overhead frame in Baja California Sur, Mexico, with blue-green ocean texture, bright ripple lines, and a tiny whale detail at the surface with no visible people.
The frame emphasizes scale, with the animal detail nearly absorbed by the larger ocean pattern. (0:02)

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