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Whale Swimming in Clear Turquoise Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023) · clip 2 of 4

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

A whale swims through clear turquoise water. Its tail and body are visible as it moves, creating splashes. The sequence shows the whale's motion from an overhead perspective.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial whale footage for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, brand films, and short social cuts needing clear turquoise ocean from Mexico.
Edit role
Use this six-second overhead whale pass as a concise insert, transition beat, or natural-history cutaway between shoreline context and closer marine wildlife details.
Visual details
A whale moves through clear turquoise water, with its pale body visible below the surface, its tail breaking the water in early frames, white splashes around the flukes, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The clip reads as an overhead drone angle, looking straight down into shallow-looking clear water with no horizon, centering the whale body, tail, wake, and surface foam across the frame.

Tags

whaleoceanwaterswimmingturquoiseaerialmovementtailsplashingclearseamarineanimalmotionsplashnaturalwildlifecreature

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
77 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 view at Buzzards Beach East Cape BCS Mexico showing a whale's tail near the surface and its pale body underwater in turquoise sea, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale tail breaking the surface as the body trails beneath clear water. (0:00)
Overhead frame from Buzzards Beach East Cape BCS Mexico with the whale flukes bright at the surface, white water around the tail, and the body visible below, with no visible people.
This moment captures the clearest surface splash around the whale's flukes. (0:01)
Overhead Buzzards Beach East Cape BCS Mexico view where the whale is mostly underwater, with a pale body shape through turquoise water and a curved white splash near the right edge, with no visible people.
The third second shifts to the whale body under the surface as the tail splash moves out of frame. (0:02)
Overhead frame at Buzzards Beach East Cape BCS Mexico showing the whale's pale submerged body across turquoise water and a circular patch of white foam nearby, with no visible people.
This frame emphasizes the whale's underwater shape and the circular surface disturbance left by its movement. (0:03)

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