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SHIPWRECKS EAST CAPE BCS-2023: Whale's Tail Surfacing and Diving in Ocean
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About this clip
A whale's tail (fluke) emerges from the ocean surface, creating splashes and ripples. The tail then submerges back into the water, leaving a trail of foam. The sequence captures the motion of the whale's tail in the turquoise sea.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Fits wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edit, conservation segment, agency mood reel, or social cut needing a brief whale fluke moment in turquoise ocean water.
- Edit role
- A six-second insert or transition beat that can cut from wider whale surfacing coverage into a closer detail of the tail disappearing under the surface.
- Visual details
- Turquoise ocean fills the frame with white foam, rippled surface texture, and a pale whale fluke visible in the early frames before the water returns to wake and bubbles, with no people visible.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 4K UHD
- Duration
- 6s
- Codec
- H.264 MP4
- Location
- Shipwrecks, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Year filmed
- 2023
- Published
- Jun 2026
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2 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.
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