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Whale Swimming in Turquoise Ocean Waters (El Tule los Cabos, 2022)

7s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife El Tule los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
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About this clip

A whale swims in clear turquoise ocean water. Its tail and body are visible beneath the surface, creating splashes. The sequence shows the whale moving through the water from an overhead perspective.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial whale footage for wildlife documentary segments, Los Cabos travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a clear marine-life moment in turquoise ocean water.
Edit role
Use this 7-second shot as a marine-life insert, transition beat, or brief cutaway between beach and ocean scenes when the edit needs visible whale movement from above.
Visual details
A whale appears as a dark body and tail beneath clear turquoise water, with white splashes and ripples marking its movement, open ocean filling the frame, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead drone perspective with no horizon, centered on surface texture and the whale's underwater silhouette as it passes through bright blue-green water.

Tags

oceanwaterwhaleswimmingturquoiseclearmarineanimalsurfacesplashingmovementaerialoverheadblueseawater surfacemarine lifeswimming motion

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
84 MB
Location
El Tule Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2022
Published
Feb 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, a whale is visible beneath turquoise ocean water near the upper left of the frame, with a small white splash on the surface and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale just under the surface in clear blue-green water. (0:00)
At El Tule Los Cabos, the whale sits near the upper center of the overhead frame, its dark body trailing below a bright patch of white spray, with no visible people.
This frame gives a clean overhead view of the whale's body line and surface disturbance. (0:01)
At El Tule Los Cabos, the whale appears near the upper right of the frame below a compact white splash, with open turquoise water around it and no visible people.
The whale remains isolated in open water, making the animal easy to read against the blue-green surface. (0:02)

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