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Whale Surfacing and Submerging in the Ocean (El Tule los Cabos, 2022)

7s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife El Tule los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

A whale surfaces in the ocean, creating a small splash. It then submerges, with the water returning to calm. The sequence captures the whale's brief appearance and movement beneath the surface.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Los Cabos travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a brief whale sighting in open turquoise water.
Edit role
The 7-second clip works as a quick insert or transition beat after a coastline setup, showing the whale surfacing briefly before the frame returns to mostly calm sea texture.
Visual details
Turquoise ocean fills the frame with sun glints on small waves, a dark whale back appears near the surface in the early frames, and no people, boats, land, or buildings are visible.
Shot mechanics
The frames read as an elevated aerial composition over open water, with the whale placed small in the wide frame and the horizon absent, consistent with the DJI drone camera hint.

Tags

oceanwaterwhalemarineanimalsurfacingsubmergingsplashwavesbluecalmmovementseasurfacewater disturbancemarine lifeopen waterdolphin

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
85 MB
Location
El Tule Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2022
Published
Jan 2022

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.

At El Tule Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, a small dark whale back breaks the turquoise ocean surface amid bright sun glints, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale visible near the surface before it begins to submerge. (0:00)
At El Tule Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, the whale remains a small dark shape near the center of open blue-green water, with no visible people.
This frame keeps the whale in view as a compact dark form against the surrounding sea texture. (0:01)
At El Tule Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, the whale is barely visible below or at the surface as rippled turquoise water and sun reflections fill the frame, with no visible people.
The whale presence becomes subtler here, shifting the shot toward surface texture and water disturbance. (0:02)

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