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Humpback Whale Surfacing and Diving in Turquoise Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023) · aerial · clip 1 of 2

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

A humpback whale surfaces in turquoise ocean water, expelling a spout of mist. The whale then submerges, creating splashes and ripples as it swims. The sequence captures the whale's movement from the surface to underwater.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial humpback whale footage from Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico, suited to wildlife documentary segments, marine conservation edits, travel films, brand films, and short social cuts needing visible surfacing behavior.
Edit role
Use this six-second clip as a quick wildlife insert, transition beat, or natural-history cutaway showing the whale breathing at the surface and slipping back under the turquoise water.
Visual details
A single humpback whale is seen from above in clear turquoise ocean, with white spray from a spout, foamy surface disturbance around the body, no shoreline or boats in frame, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The clip uses a top-down aerial composition consistent with drone capture, keeping the whale large in frame against open water with no horizon, foreground, or land reference visible.

Tags

whalehumpbackoceanwatersurfacingdivingspoutsplashingswimmingaerialturquoisebluenaturalsereneaerial viewmarine lifemovementwildlife

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

3 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

Top-down view of a humpback whale at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with a bright white spout rising near its head and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale breathing at the surface against clear turquoise water. (0:00)
Aerial frame of the humpback whale at Buzzards Beach with mist drifting above the body, the tail visible to the right, and no visible people.
This frame captures the whale moving forward after the breath, with spray still hanging over the water. (0:01)
Top-down view of the humpback whale at Buzzards Beach with white foam tracing its back and tail as it swims through turquoise ocean, with no visible people.
The whale remains near the surface, giving editors a clean view of its body shape and wake. (0:02)

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