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Humpback Whale Surfacing in Clear Turquoise Water (Bahia de los Angeles, 2022)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Ocean Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
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About this clip

A humpback whale surfaces in clear turquoise water, creating splashes and bubbles. The whale's head and part of its body break the water's surface, with water droplets and ripples visible. The sequence shows the whale's movement as it emerges and submerges slightly.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, marine wildlife documentaries, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a humpback whale surfacing in clear turquoise water in Bahia De Los Angeles, Mexico.
Edit role
This six-second aerial whale moment works as a natural-history insert, transition beat, or quick cutaway between wider ocean, beach, and coastal landscape shots.
Visual details
An overhead view shows a humpback whale breaking the turquoise surface, with its head and upper body visible through the water, white splashes and bubbles around it, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an aerial drone perspective looking straight down at the whale, with the animal filling the lower half of most frames and open turquoise water surrounding it.

Tags

whalehumpbacksurfacingturquoisewateroceansplashingbubblesclearmarineanimalmovementseaaquaticwildlifesea turtleswimmingclear water

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
76 MB
Location
Bahia De Los Angeles, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2022
Published
Jun 2026

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 begins surfacing in clear turquoise water at Bahia De Los Angeles, with white splash around its head and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale breaking the water surface from an overhead angle. (0:00)
The humpback whale's head and upper body are clearer beneath the turquoise surface at Bahia De Los Angeles, with bubbles trailing near the head and no visible people.
This frame gives the clearest look at the whale's head and body just below the surface. (0:01)
The humpback whale remains near the surface in Bahia De Los Angeles, with a brighter patch of white spray along the upper edge of its head and no visible people.
The frame captures a small burst of spray as the whale stays close to the surface. (0:02)
The humpback whale appears lower in the frame at Bahia De Los Angeles, angled through clear turquoise water with white splash at the head and no visible people.
This lower-frame moment shows the whale moving through the water while still disturbing the surface. (0:03)

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