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Whale Shark Swimming with Small Fish in Turquoise Water (Bahia de los Angeles, 2022)

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

A whale shark swims slowly underwater in clear turquoise water. Its mouth opens and closes as it filters feed, with small fish swimming nearby. Bubbles and water movement are visible around the shark.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Mexico travel edits, marine conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a whale shark feeding near the surface in turquoise water.
Edit role
A six-second insert or cutaway that can sit between wider Bahia De Los Angeles shoreline shots and closer marine-life beats, giving the timeline a brief overhead wildlife moment.
Visual details
A whale shark fills the lower half of the frame beneath bright turquoise water, with its pale mouth edge, mottled head pattern, bubbles, surface ripples, and small fish visible, and no people in frame.
Shot mechanics
The composition reads as an overhead aerial view looking down at the whale shark near the water surface, with the animal moving through the foreground and open turquoise water filling the background.

Tags

whale sharkunderwaterswimmingfeedingsmall fishturquoise wateroceanmarine lifemovementbubblesclear wateraquaticfishopen mouthwater splasheswhaleturquoisemarine

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
74 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.

At 0:00 in Bahia De Los Angeles, a whale shark swims just under bright turquoise water with bubbles around its mottled head and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale shark near the surface with small bubbles marking the feeding movement. (0:00)
At 0:01 in Bahia De Los Angeles, the whale shark's head sits farther right under clear turquoise water, with faint small fish nearby and no visible people.
This frame gives buyers a clear overhead look at the animal's head and mottled pattern beneath the surface. (0:01)
At 0:02 in Bahia De Los Angeles, white surface water gathers around the whale shark's mouth area as its dark body trails into the turquoise water, with no visible people.
The frame highlights the pale mouth edge and disturbed water as the shark filters near the surface. (0:02)
Whale shark turned diagonally below bright green-blue water.

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