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BUZZARDS BEACH EAST CAPE BCS-2023: Whale Surfacing and Swimming in Turquoise Ocean

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

A whale surfaces in the ocean, creating a spray of water. It then submerges and swims through the clear turquoise water. Sunlight reflects on the water's surface as the whale moves.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, travel edit, conservation story, agency mood reel, or social cut needing an overhead whale moment in turquoise water off Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur.
Edit role
At six seconds, this works as a brief cutaway, transition beat, or insert between shoreline and underwater coverage, showing the whale surfacing and continuing through open water.

Tags

BUZZARDS BEACH EAST CAPE BCS2023whaleoceanwaterturquoiseswimmingsurfacingaerialoverheadmarineanimalmovementsplashingclearblueseamarine lifewater surfacemotion

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 just below and breaking the turquoise water surface with white spray, no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale surfacing against open turquoise water with sun reflection at the left edge. (0:00)
Aerial view at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with the whale farther along in clear turquoise water and a small burst of mist or spray above its body, no visible people.
This frame captures the whale's forward movement with a compact plume of spray above the body. (0:01)

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