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Whale Surfacing and Spouting in Clear Ocean Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

A large whale surfaces in clear turquoise water. It moves slowly, and in the final frame, it spouts a spray of water from its blowhole. The sequence captures the whale's movement and surfacing action from an overhead perspective.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edit, conservation story, agency mood reel, or brand film needing an overhead whale moment in clear turquoise ocean water.
Edit role
The six-second clip works as a short cutaway, insert, or quiet transition beat, ending on the visible spout for a natural punctuation point in the edit.
Visual details
A large whale sits just below and at the surface of bright turquoise water, with white turbulence along its back and a blowhole spray in the final frame, and no people are visible.
Shot mechanics
The view is directly overhead, consistent with the DJI drone hint, with the whale held against open water and no horizon, shoreline, boat, or foreground objects in frame.

Tags

whaleoceanwaterturquoisesurfacingspoutingblowholemarineanimalmovementclearseasurfacesprayaerialviewoverheadswimming

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

3 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 a whale beginning to surface in turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with white disturbance above its body and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale just under the surface, giving editors a clean overhead wildlife entry point. (0:00)
The whale remains near the surface in clear turquoise ocean at Buzzards Beach, with a brighter white patch of water trailing over its upper body and no visible people.
This frame continues the slow surface movement with the whale isolated in open water. (0:01)
A top-down frame shows the whale's pale surface wake and darker submerged body shape in teal water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with no visible people.
The frame keeps the composition minimal, emphasizing the animal's shape against clear water. (0:02)

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