LOS CABOS MEXICO-2020: Big Whale Caught on Camera Swimming in Green Deep Sea
About this clip
A young boy in a red jacket stands on a rocky beach, watching a massive whale breach the surface of the deep green ocean. The powerful creature arcs through the air before crashing back into the water, sending up a spray of mist. This rare home movie captures a breathtaking moment of wildlife in the wild. The raw, unfiltered footage showcases the whale's immense size and grace, offering a nostalgic glimpse into a personal family adventure. Perfect for documentaries, nature films, or nostalgic content about marine life.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Useful for wildlife documentaries, Los Cabos travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, or social cuts needing aerial ocean footage of a whale moving below green-blue water.
- Edit role
- The short 8-second aerial view works as a cutaway, transition, or quiet insert between stronger whale action beats, especially when an edit needs surface texture and underwater scale.
- Visual details
- Frames show green-turquoise ocean seen from above, with a large dark whale form moving beneath the surface, small white ripples on the water, no horizon, no boats, and no visible people.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2160
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Duration
- 6s
- Codec
- H.265 (HEVC) MP4
- File size
- 75 MB
- Location
- Los Cabos, Mexico
- Year filmed
- 2020
- Published
- May 2020
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.
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