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Whale Gliding Through Turquoise Ocean Waters (Buzzards Beach, 2023)

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

An aerial view captures a whale swimming in clear turquoise ocean water. The whale moves slowly, creating ripples and splashes on the water's surface. The sequence shows the whale's back and tail as it glides through the calm sea.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
A useful 4K aerial wildlife shot for travel edits, marine documentary segments, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing a whale moving through clear turquoise water off Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
The six-second overhead view works as a quiet cutaway, transition, or natural texture beat between shoreline coverage and wider ocean material.
Visual details
A whale sits just below and at the surface of bright turquoise water, with white foam and small splashes along its back and tail, sun glints scattered across the sea, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support a drone-style straight-down aerial composition with no horizon, placing the whale near the center or right side against open water and surface shimmer.

Tags

whaleoceanwaterswimmingturquoiseaerialseamarineanimalmovementripplesclearbluesurfacesplashingnaturalwildlifecalm

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
92 MB
Location
Buzzards Beach, 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 Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur showing a whale breaking the turquoise water surface with white foam trailing behind it and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale near the water surface with a bright patch of foam marking its movement. (0:00)
Aerial view at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur with the whale farther right in the frame, its pale wake visible beneath scattered sun reflections and no visible people.
This moment gives editors a cleaner open-water composition with the whale offset against reflective turquoise sea. (0:01)
Overhead Buzzards Beach frame showing the whale angled through clear turquoise water with a rounded patch of white splash behind its body and no visible people.
The frame captures the clearest burst of surface disturbance around the whale. (0:02)
Whale body beneath foamy turquoise water

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