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Humpback Whale Surfacing and Submerging in Ocean (Buzzards Beach, 2023)

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

A humpback whale surfaces, creating splashes in the turquoise ocean water. The whale then gradually submerges, disappearing beneath the surface. The sequence captures the animal's movement from the water's surface to full submersion.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a short aerial view of a humpback whale in clear turquoise ocean water.
Edit role
Use as a six-second insert, transition, or quiet wildlife beat showing the whale at the surface before it fades beneath the water.
Visual details
A humpback whale is visible from above in turquoise ocean water, with white splash and sun glints around its body early in the clip and a softer submerged outline by the later frames, with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial composition, likely from a drone, with no horizon, shoreline, boat, or foreground object visible, only the whale and textured ocean surface.

Tags

whalehumpbackoceanwaterturquoisesurfacingsubmergingdivingmarineanimalseasplashmovementunderwaterclear watermarine lifeocean waterbreaching

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
73 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 humpback whale surfaces near the left side of the frame in turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with white splash around its back and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale closest to the surface, with visible spray and body detail in clear water. (0:00)
The whale remains visible below the surface in turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with a pale splash trail and no visible people.
This frame catches the whale as it starts to sink below the surface after the initial splash. (0:01)
A fading outline of the humpback whale sits under rippled turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with bright surface glints and no visible people.
The whale is more submerged here, leaving a softer underwater shape beneath the bright water surface. (0:02)
The whale appears as a very faint underwater silhouette near the left side of the turquoise ocean at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with no visible people.
By mid-clip, the whale has nearly disappeared below the water, leaving only a muted shape. (0:03)

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.