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Whale Surfacing and Spouting in Ocean Water (La Bocana, 2022)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife La Bocana, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
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About this clip

A whale surfaces in the ocean, expelling a spout of water. The animal moves slowly beneath the surface, creating ripples and bubbles in the clear, greenish water. The sequence captures the whale's surfacing and underwater movement.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing an aerial view of a whale surfacing in green ocean water.
Edit role
Works as a short cutaway or natural transition beat, showing the whale just below the surface as spout spray, ripples, bubbles, and white foam texture move through the frame.
Visual details
The frames show clear green-blue ocean from above, white surface foam, pale whale shapes beneath the water, and a vertical spout plume, with no visible people, boats, buildings, or logos.
Shot mechanics
The composition reads as aerial drone footage looking straight down at the ocean surface, with the whale held beneath the water and no horizon, shoreline, or foreground objects visible.

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
71 MB
Location
La Bocana, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2022
Published
Jun 2026

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.

Aerial frame over La Bocana green-blue ocean water shows a pale whale form below the surface with scattered white foam and no visible people.
The opening frame gives buyers a top-down view of the whale moving just under textured ocean water. (0:00)
A La Bocana overhead view shows the whale's body faintly under rippled green water, with small white foam patches drifting across the surface and no visible people.
This frame holds on the whale below the surface, useful as an observational insert in a wildlife sequence. (0:01)
The La Bocana ocean surface shows a submerged whale shape and a brighter vertical spout plume among scattered white foam, with no visible people or vessels.
The frame captures the clearest spout moment, with the whale still partly hidden by the water surface. (0:02)

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