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School of Fish Swimming in Circular Formation (Buzzards Beach, 2023)

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

A school of fish swims in a circular formation in clear turquoise water. The fish move cohesively, creating a dynamic pattern as they navigate the ocean surface. The water remains calm with gentle ripples, highlighting the fish's synchronized motion.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, marine documentary sequences, agency mood reels, brand films, and social cuts needing aerial footage of schooling fish in clear turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur.
Edit role
The six-second clip works as a cutaway, transition, or natural texture beat between shoreline coverage and wider ocean scenes, especially where an editor needs visible marine movement without people in frame.
Visual details
A dense school of small fish forms loose circular and crescent shapes below a clear turquoise ocean surface, with sun glints, soft ripples, sandy-green water tones, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial composition, likely from a DJI drone, looking down at the fish near the water surface with no horizon, shoreline, boats, or land visible.

Tags

fishschoolswimmingcircularformationwaterturquoiseoceanmovementmarineclearblueaquaticshoalmotionwavesaerialsunlight

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
78 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 of a fish school curling into a loose circular shape in clear turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with sunlit ripples and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the fish school gathered into a broad circular pattern near the surface. (0:00)
Aerial frame of small fish stretched into a curved band beneath turquoise ocean water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with brighter glare near the upper ripples and no visible people.
This moment shows the school lengthening from a ring into a curved moving band. (0:01)
Top-down view of fish grouped in a partial circular formation below rippled turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with the clearest cluster near the right side and no visible people.
The frame emphasizes the circular schooling behavior as the group tightens on one side of the shot. (0:02)
Overhead frame of a fish school sweeping diagonally through clear green-blue water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with a looser circular edge and no visible people.
Midway through the clip, the school opens into a diagonal curve across the water. (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.