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School of Fish Forming a Rotating Spiral in Clear 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 school of small fish swims in a tight, rotating circular formation in clear turquoise water. The fish move in unison, creating a dynamic spiral pattern as they navigate the water. The water's surface shows gentle ripples and light reflections, indicating a calm aquatic environment.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial wildlife footage for travel edits, marine documentary sequences, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing schooling fish in clear turquoise water at Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
The six-second clip works as a rhythmic cutaway, transition, or insert between shoreline coverage and underwater or swimmer shots, using the fish spiral as a clear visual beat.
Visual details
Small fish gather in a rotating circular school below clear turquoise water, with sun flecks, gentle ripples, sandy shallows, and no visible people, boats, logos, or shoreline in frame.
Shot mechanics
Top-down drone-style composition over open shallow water keeps the fish school centered or slightly offset, with no horizon and the water surface filling foreground, midground, and background.

Tags

fishschoolswimmingcircularspiralwaterclearturquoiseoceanmovementgroupmarineunderwateraquaticformationdynamicnaturalaerial

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.

Aerial view at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, of small fish beginning a circular school in clear turquoise water with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the fish school organized into a loose rotating ring under sunlit water. (0:00)
Aerial frame from Buzzards Beach showing a denser arc of small fish curving through clear green-blue water, with no visible people.
This moment gives editors a stronger curved shape as the school tightens within the open water frame. (0:01)
Small fish form a near-ring pattern beneath the surface at Buzzards Beach, surrounded by clear turquoise water and no visible people.
The frame shows the school at one of its clearest circular moments for a graphic wildlife insert. (0:02)

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