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Whale Surfacing and Diving in Ocean Waters (Shipwrecks, 2023)

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

A large marine animal, likely a whale, surfaces and dives in the ocean. The animal's movement creates ripples and whitecaps on the water's surface. As the sequence progresses, the whale submerges, leaving disturbed water that gradually calms.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing an aerial view of a whale disturbing turquoise ocean water.
Edit role
Works as a six-second insert or transition beat between wider ocean coverage and closer marine-life moments, showing the surfacing disturbance fading into textured water.
Visual details
Turquoise ocean fills every frame with bright whitecaps, ripples, and a faint large marine shape just under or at the surface, with no boats, shoreline, logos, or visible people.
Shot mechanics
A high overhead drone composition looks straight down at the water surface, keeping the animal trail and wave texture centered without a visible horizon or foreground reference.

Tags

oceanwaterwhalesurfacingdivingrippleswaveswhitecapsblueturquoisemarineanimalmovementsurfacesplashingunderwaterseaaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
91 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 view of turquoise water at Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, with bright whitecaps and a faint large marine animal shape below the surface, no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale presence as a pale underwater shape amid choppy turquoise water. (0:00)
Aerial frame over Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, showing a pale marine animal form under rippled turquoise water with small white foam patches, no visible people.
This moment keeps the animal subtle beneath the surface while whitewater marks the disturbed area. (0:01)
Overhead view at Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, where whitecaps streak across turquoise water and a darker underwater marine shape sits near the upper right, no visible people.
The frame shows the animal farther beneath the textured surface as the whitecaps spread around it. (0:02)
Choppy turquoise water with broad white foam and no visible shoreline or people.

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