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BUZZARDS BEACH EAST CAPE BCS-2023: Whale Surfacing and Spouting in Turquoise Water

6s 4K UHD Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
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About this clip

A whale swims in clear turquoise ocean water. It surfaces, exhaling a spout of water. The sequence captures the whale's movement and spouting action from an overhead perspective.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary segments, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, brand films, or social cuts needing an overhead whale moment in clear turquoise water.
Edit role
This six-second clip works as a short cutaway or insert beat, showing the whale swimming near the surface and then spouting before the edit moves back to shoreline, travel, or marine wildlife coverage.
Visual details
An overhead view shows a single whale moving through turquoise ocean water, with white surface texture, sun glints, tail and body shape visible, a spout in the later frames, and no visible people.

Tags

BUZZARDS BEACH EAST CAPE BCS2023whaleoceanwaterturquoisespoutsurfacingswimmingaerialoverheadmarineanimalseacalmspraymovementnaturalwildlifedolphin

Shot slate

Resolution
4K UHD
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
Location
Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

2 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 Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, showing a whale near the surface in turquoise water with its tail at left and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the whale's body shape and clear-water setting from directly above. (0:00)
Overhead frame from Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with the whale angled through clear turquoise water and its tail fluke visible behind the body, no visible people.
This frame shows the whale continuing forward with its back bright under the surface. (0:01)

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