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Whale Swimming Through Clear Turquoise Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023)

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

A whale swims through the clear turquoise ocean water. The animal moves forward, creating ripples and splashes on the surface. The aerial view captures the whale's motion as it glides through the water.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary sequences, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, brand films, and social cuts needing a top-down whale moment in clear turquoise water.
Edit role
The six-second aerial works as a concise cutaway or transition beat between shoreline coverage and wider ocean scenes, showing the whale progressing through open water without crowds or boats.
Visual details
A whale is visible just below and breaking the turquoise ocean surface, with white water and small splashes around its head and body, and no people, boats, logos, or shoreline visible.
Shot mechanics
The composition is a vertical drone-style overhead view with the whale held in open water, no horizon, and changing surface disturbance showing the animal's forward movement across the frame.

Tags

whaleoceanwaterswimmingturquoiseaerialmovementripplessplashesmarineanimalseasurfacemotionclearbluenaturalwildlife

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
91 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.

At Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur, a whale appears near the left side of a turquoise ocean frame with white surface wake around its body and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale already close to the surface, giving editors an immediate marine wildlife insert. (0:00)
At Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur, the whale sits more centrally in clear turquoise water, with a bright streak of foam tracing one side and no visible people.
This frame captures the whale's body line beneath the water as it continues forward through open sea. (0:01)
At Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur, the whale angles through the upper-right part of the turquoise water while white spray gathers near its head and no visible people appear.
The frame gives a clean overhead view of the whale's direction and the small splash pattern at the surface. (0:02)
At Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur, the whale is partly submerged lower in the frame, leaving a softer white disturbance behind it in turquoise water and no visible people.
This moment shows the animal slightly deeper under the surface, useful as a quieter beat in the sequence. (0:03)

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