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Whale Gliding Through Turquoise Ocean Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023) · 5s

5s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
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About this clip

A large whale swims through clear turquoise ocean water. Its tail is visible as it moves, gradually becoming less distinct in the water. The sequence captures the whale's motion underwater.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, East Cape travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, or social cuts needing a whale visible beneath clear turquoise water in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
This five-second clip works as a short cutaway or transition beat between wider coast coverage and closer marine wildlife moments, with the whale fading under the surface by the end.
Visual details
Turquoise ocean fills the frame, with a large whale and tail shape faintly visible below the surface, white ripples and small highlights on the water, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The view is a high overhead aerial composition consistent with a drone, with no horizon, no shoreline, and the whale placed under the water surface as texture and movement across the frame.

Tags

whaleswimmingunderwateroceanturquoisewatermarineanimalmovementtailflukeclearseaaquaticmotioncalmwavesaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
5s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
70 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 faint whale body and tail shape sit below turquoise ocean water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with surface ripples and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale most clearly beneath the blue-green water surface. (0:00)
The whale's tail area is visible under rippled turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, while the body blends into the water and no people are visible.
This frame emphasizes the tail area as the whale becomes softer beneath the surface. (0:01)
A submerged whale form is faintly visible through clear turquoise sea at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with brighter wave streaks and no visible people.
The mid-clip frame shows the animal becoming less distinct as water texture covers more of its outline. (0:02)
Turquoise ocean surface fills the frame at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with only a dim underwater whale form remaining and no visible people.
This later moment works as a softer water texture after the whale has moved deeper or farther from view. (0:03)

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