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Whale Surfacing and Swimming in Clear Ocean Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023)

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

A whale swims in clear turquoise ocean water. It surfaces, exhaling a spout of water from its blowhole. The whale moves steadily through the calm sea.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
This 4K aerial whale clip fits wildlife documentary segments, travel edits, conservation films, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing marine life in clear water off Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur.
Edit role
At six seconds, it works as a short insert or transition beat showing the whale surfacing and continuing through open turquoise water between shoreline, beach, or wider ocean shots.
Visual details
A whale is seen from above in bright turquoise ocean water, with a white blowhole spout and faint underwater body shape visible in several frames, and no people, boats, logos, or shoreline in view.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead drone perspective with the whale held near the center of a wide water-only composition, using negative space and no visible horizon or foreground objects.

Shot slate

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

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.

Overhead frame from Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico showing a whale near the upper left area with a white spout over turquoise water and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale surfacing with its spout visible against open water. (0:00)
Overhead frame from Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico showing the whale centered higher in the frame, with its white spout and tail area visible in clear blue-green water and no visible people.
This frame keeps the whale isolated in the center of the water-only composition. (0:01)
Overhead frame from Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico showing the whale near the upper center-right with a bright spout and faint water disturbance below it, with no visible people.
The frame shows the whale's surface breath as the surrounding water remains visually uncluttered. (0:02)
Overhead whale in turquoise water with a short white wake.

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