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Whale Swimming and Breaching in Turquoise Ocean (Shipwrecks, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
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About this clip

A whale swims near the ocean surface, creating splashes as it moves. The water is clear and turquoise, with visible ripples and waves. The sequence captures the whale's motion and the resulting water disturbance.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation explainers, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing overhead whale activity in clear turquoise water.
Edit role
Use this six-second clip as a quick wildlife insert, transition beat, or visual punctuation between wider ocean context and closer marine animal behavior.
Visual details
A pale whale moves just below and at the ocean surface in turquoise water, with white ripples and splash trails around it and no visible people, boats, shoreline, or buildings.

Tags

whaleoceanwaterswimmingsplashingturquoisemarineanimalmovementsurfaceclearbluewavesplashaerialoverheaddolphinnatural

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
80 MB
Location
Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
Published
Apr 2023

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.

Overhead view of a whale near the surface in turquoise water at Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, with faint white wake and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale just under the clear surface before the splashing becomes stronger. (0:00)
A whale swims under rippled turquoise ocean water at Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, with its pale body visible through the surface and no visible people.
This frame gives editors a clean overhead view of the whale's body shape through the water. (0:01)
The whale appears farther right in the overhead frame, surrounded by textured turquoise water at Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, with no visible people.
This moment works as a calmer swimming beat before the more active splash frames. (0:02)

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