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Whale Surfacing and Swimming in Turquoise Ocean (Buzzards Beach, 2023) · clip 1 of 3

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

A whale swims in clear turquoise water. It surfaces, expelling a spout of water. The whale continues moving through the calm ocean.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary segments, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing an overhead whale moment in clear turquoise ocean water.
Edit role
The six-second clip works as a short cutaway, transition beat, or insert between shoreline coverage and wider ocean sequence shots, with the spout giving editors a clear action point.
Visual details
A whale moves through bright turquoise water from an overhead view, its tail and pale body markings visible beneath surface ripples, with a white spout appearing mid-clip and no people visible.

Tags

whaleoceanwaterturquoiseswimmingsurfacingspoutspraymarineanimalmovementclearblueseaaerialoverheadcalmdroplets

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
84 MB
Location
Buzzards Beach, 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 frame from Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, showing a whale angled across turquoise ocean water with its tail visible and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the whale moving through clear open water from above. (0:00)
Aerial view at Buzzards Beach of the whale farther across the frame, with its pale back markings visible below the turquoise surface and no visible people.
This moment shows the whale progressing through the frame before surfacing spray appears. (0:01)
Overhead Buzzards Beach frame with the whale stretched diagonally through turquoise water, surrounded by small sun reflections and no visible people.
The frame gives editors a clean overhead view of the whale against uninterrupted ocean color. (0:02)

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