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EAST CAPE BCS MEXICO-2019: Caught By Two Whales Swimming Close To The Surface In

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

The cinematic sequence shows the majestic marine mammals gliding just beneath the waves, offering a rare and intimate view of their movement.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial whale footage suited to wildlife documentary, conservation story, travel edit, agency mood reel, or social cut needing Baja California Sur marine life in clear water.
Edit role
Use this short clip as a cutaway or natural-history insert between wider ocean context and closer whale behavior, with the overhead view giving editors a clean six-second beat.
Visual details
Two whales move just below turquoise ocean surface, with pale wake, rippled water texture, soft daylight, no horizon, no land, no vessels, and no visible people.

Tags

animalmarinewhalehugesurfacecaughtwhalesswimmingclosecrystalclearwatersanimalswildlifeeast cape BCS mexico DJIeastb-rollpromoderncinematography

Shot slate

Resolution
4K UHD
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
Location
Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2019
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

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

Overhead view of two whales near the surface in Baja California Sur, Mexico, with rippled turquoise water around them and no visible people.
The opening frame shows both whales close together just under the water surface. (0:00)
Two whales remain side by side beneath clear turquoise water in Baja California Sur, Mexico, with the larger body partly shadowed and no visible people.
This frame holds the paired whales in a tight overhead composition for a clear wildlife insert. (0:01)

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