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Whale's Tail Slapping Ocean Surface (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's tail slaps the ocean surface, creating a white splash. The splash gradually dissipates into ripples as the whale submerges. The water is a deep blue with visible movement from the tail's impact.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits travel edits, wildlife documentaries, marine conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing aerial whale activity off El Tule Los Cabos, Baja California Sur.
Edit role
The 7-second clip works as a quick wildlife insert, transition beat, or cutaway after a coastline scene, showing the tail slap impact and the foam spreading across the water.
Visual details
A turquoise ocean fills the frame with white foam rings and ripples from a whale tail slap, with small dark whale shapes near the surface in some moments and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial composition, likely drone-based, with the ocean surface filling the foreground and background and no horizon or shoreline in view.

Tags

oceanwaterwhaletailsplashwhite foambluemovementmarineanimalsurfaceripplewaveseaaquaticnaturaldynamicwaves

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
Feb 2022

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.

Aerial view of turquoise ocean at El Tule Los Cabos with a bright white foam burst from whale activity and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the immediate surface disturbance from the whale tail slap. (0:00)
Overhead El Tule Los Cabos ocean frame with white foam spreading across blue-green water and a small dark whale shape near the surface, with no visible people.
This moment holds the whale disturbance as the foam begins to widen into ripples. (0:01)
Aerial view over El Tule Los Cabos water where the whale-slap foam remains bright against turquoise waves and no visible people appear.
The frame shows the splash pattern still defined after the whale has moved below the surface. (0:02)
Foam patch and ripples spread across open turquoise ocean.

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