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Whale Surfacing in Clear Ocean Water (Shipwrecks, 2023) · aerial

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

A whale surfaces in clear turquoise ocean water. The marine animal moves slowly, its back and fin visible above the water. The sequence captures the whale's movement as it rises and submerges.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Fits wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and brand films needing a brief aerial view of a whale surfacing in clear ocean water.
Edit role
Use this six-second clip as a quiet insert, transition, or natural-history beat between wider ocean coverage and closer marine-life shots.
Visual details
A whale appears just below and at the turquoise water surface, with a pale back and fin visible amid rippled sunlit ocean, and no people, boats, land, logos, or structures are visible.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead drone composition with the water filling the frame edge to edge, no horizon, and the whale held small within a broad field of textured ocean surface.

Tags

oceanwaterwhalesurfacingmarineturquoiseclearaerialmovementseasurfaceswimmingbluecalmwater surfacemarine lifewavesaquatic

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
80 MB
Location
Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
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.

Overhead frame from Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur showing rippled turquoise ocean with a faint pale whale form near the lower left, no visible people.
The opening frame places the whale small in a wide field of textured ocean water. (0:00)
Overhead Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur view of bright turquoise ocean texture, with the whale not clearly distinguishable in this moment and no visible people.
This frame works as water texture between clearer surfacing moments in the clip. (0:01)
Overhead frame at Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur with a small pale whale back near the upper right of the rippled turquoise water, no visible people.
The whale becomes visible near the upper right as it breaks or nears the surface. (0:02)
Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur aerial frame showing the whale's pale back and fin more clearly near the lower left against rippled turquoise water, no visible people.
This is one of the clearer surfacing moments, with the whale form readable against the water. (0:03)

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