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Whale Gliding Through Clear Turquoise Sea (Buzzards Beach, 2023)

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 large whale swims just below the ocean's surface. The water is clear and turquoise, with gentle ripples and light reflections. The whale moves slowly, creating subtle disturbances in the water.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial whale footage for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing clear turquoise ocean and a single marine animal near the surface.
Edit role
The six-second shot works as a calm insert, transition, or visual beat between shoreline coverage and wider ocean scenes, with the whale's slow surface movement giving editors a clean natural pause.
Visual details
A large whale is visible just below a clear turquoise sea surface, leaving white wash and subtle ripples as sunlight sparkles on the water, with no visible people, boats, shoreline, or logos in frame.
Shot mechanics
The top-down composition and filename hint support an aerial drone view, with the whale held near the center or lower edge of the frame against uninterrupted open water and no horizon visible.

Tags

whaleoceanwaterturquoiseswimmingmarineanimalsurfacerippleslightreflectionmovementclearseaaquaticnaturalcalmblue

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.

A whale moves just below the turquoise sea surface at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with white wash trailing upward and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale breaking the surface texture in clear turquoise water. (0:00)
The whale's foamy surface trail sits near the lower right of the Buzzards Beach frame, surrounded by turquoise water and scattered light reflections, with no visible people.
This moment gives editors open-water texture with the whale partly low in frame. (0:01)
A whale is centered under the turquoise surface at Buzzards Beach, with bright white foam over its back area and no boats, shoreline, or visible people.
The frame provides the clearest centered view of the whale's body under the surface wash. (0:02)
The whale appears beneath the clear turquoise water at Buzzards Beach as white foam spreads around its body, with open sea filling the frame and no visible people.
This still shows the animal's movement widening the surface disturbance in the open-water shot. (0:03)

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