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A Manta Ray Swims In Shallow Water Leaving Tracks (San Jose del Cabo, 2020)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife San Jose del Cabo, Mexico 2020
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About this clip

A manta ray glides gracefully through shallow, sunlit waters in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, in 2020. Its wide fins cut through the clear seawater, leaving delicate tracks in the white sand below. This serene underwater moment captures the natural beauty of marine wildlife in its habitat.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, wildlife documentaries, agency mood reels, brand films, and social cuts needing aerial marine life footage from San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico.
Edit role
This short clip works as a quiet cutaway, transition, or natural texture beat between beach, ocean, or wildlife scenes rather than a full establishing shot.
Visual details
A dark manta ray moves through shallow green-blue seawater over pale sand, with faint tracks and suspended sand trails visible below and no people in frame.
Shot mechanics
The frames show a top-down aerial composition consistent with drone capture, with the ray isolated against shallow water and sand patterns filling the background.

Tags

daylightseawaterfinsfishhabitataquaticmantarayswimsshallowwaterleavingtrackswhitesandanimalswildlifeSAN jose DEL cabo mexicofootage

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
75 MB
Location
San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico
Year filmed
2020
Published
Aug 2020

Still Frames From This Clip

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

A dark manta ray appears near the upper part of shallow turquoise water over pale sand in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, with no visible people.
The opening frame places the manta ray small in the clear water, useful as a quiet marine wildlife cutaway. (0:00)
A manta ray is centered high in the frame as faint darker sand tracks curve below the surface in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, with no visible people.
This frame shows the ray separated from the faint seabed tracks beneath the green-blue water. (0:01)
The manta ray remains a dark triangular shape against shallow green water and pale sand in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, with no visible people.
The frame keeps the animal isolated against an open water background for an uncluttered insert. (0:02)
A dark manta ray sits lower in the frame while a faint darker trail runs through the sandy bottom in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, with no visible people.
This moment emphasizes the track-like disturbance in the sand as the ray moves through shallow water. (0:03)

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.