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Whale Gliding Beneath 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

An aerial view shows a whale swimming just below the ocean's surface. The whale's dark form moves through the turquoise water, creating white bubbles and splashes. The sequence captures the whale's slow, steady motion underwater.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial whale footage for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, marine conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a real ocean animal seen from above.
Edit role
Use this seven-second clip as a quiet cutaway, transition beat, or insert between beach and open-water scenes where the whale’s surface disturbance carries the edit without showing land or people.
Visual details
A dark whale shape moves just below turquoise ocean water, with bright white bubbles, foam trails, and small splashes on the surface, while no people, boats, shoreline, or built structures are visible.

Tags

oceanwaterwhaleunderwaterswimmingturquoisebubblessplashesaerialmovementmarineanimalseabluewhitesurfacemotionswimmer

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 dark whale shape is visible under turquoise water near a small white surface splash, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale just under the ocean surface as white bubbles mark its position. (0:00)
At El Tule Los Cabos, white bubbles spread across the turquoise surface while the whale remains mostly submerged beneath them, with no visible people.
This moment emphasizes the whale’s bubble trail and faint underwater form rather than a clear breach. (0:01)
At El Tule Los Cabos, a curved patch of white foam marks the whale’s path below the clear blue-green surface, with no visible people.
The frame shows the surface wake curling around the whale as it moves below the water. (0:02)

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