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Gray Whale Swimming in Turquoise 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 gray whale swims in clear turquoise ocean water. Its tail moves rhythmically, creating splashes on the water's surface. The overhead view captures the whale's motion and the calm sea.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial gray whale footage from Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur fits wildlife documentary sequences, Mexico travel edits, marine conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a clear overhead ocean subject.
Edit role
The six-second overhead view works as a quick wildlife insert, transition beat, or visual reset between shoreline coverage and wider coastal scenes, with the whale's fluke splashes giving the edit a natural point of motion.
Visual details
A gray whale moves through clear turquoise water with white splash trails around its tail and sun flecks across the surface, with open ocean filling the frame and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support a top-down aerial drone composition, keeping the whale centered to off-center against uninterrupted water with no horizon, shoreline, boats, or foreground obstructions visible.

Tags

whaleswimmingoceanwaterturquoiseaerialoverheadsplashesmovementmarineanimalseaclearbluecalmsurfacetailfluke

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
81 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.

Gray whale seen from above at Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur, angled through turquoise water with a white splash behind its fluke and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale entering the overhead composition with a small tail splash in clear water. (0:00)
Overhead view of the gray whale farther across the Buzzards Beach water, with its pale back visible under surface glare and no visible people.
This frame gives editors a clean top-down whale position surrounded by uninterrupted turquoise ocean. (0:01)
Gray whale near the right side of the overhead frame at Buzzards Beach, with white churn around the fluke and scattered sun sparkle on the turquoise sea, no visible people.
The whale's tail disturbance is most visible here, adding movement for a wildlife insert. (0:02)
Top-down frame from Buzzards Beach showing the gray whale lower in the composition, with a curved white wake trailing from its tail and no visible people.
This moment shows the whale progressing through frame while the tail wake arcs across the water. (0:03)

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