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Marine Animal Swimming Beneath Turquoise Ocean Surface (Buzzards Beach, 2023) · underwater

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

A large marine animal swims just below the surface of clear turquoise ocean water. The animal's movement creates subtle ripples and shifts in the water's appearance. Sunlight reflects off the water, highlighting the animal's path as it moves.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, wildlife documentaries, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing an overhead view of a large marine animal under clear turquoise water in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
This six-second clip works as a short cutaway, transition, or quiet insert between shoreline coverage and closer ocean detail, with the submerged animal giving the beat a clear focal point.
Visual details
The frames show turquoise ocean surface, bright sun reflections, faint ripples, and a large dark marine animal shape moving below the water, with no visible people, boats, logos, or shoreline.
Shot mechanics
The composition is a high overhead aerial view with no horizon, keeping the water surface full frame while the submerged animal sits faintly in the midground under shifting glare and texture.

Tags

oceanwaterturquoisemarine animalswimmingunderwatersurfaceripplessunlightmovementclearseaanimalaquaticmotionwavesreflectioncalm

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.

Overhead view at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, showing turquoise ocean water with a faint dark marine animal just below the surface and no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the clear turquoise water and the submerged animal as the clip's focal point. (0:00)
Overhead frame from Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with sun glints on turquoise water and a shadowy marine animal form below the surface, no visible people.
This moment shows the animal's dark shape softened by glare and shallow water texture. (0:01)
Buzzards Beach aerial-style view of clear turquoise ocean, where a large faint marine animal shape is visible under the rippled surface with no visible people.
The frame keeps the ocean surface full screen while the animal remains visible beneath the water. (0:02)
Overhead view at Buzzards Beach showing textured turquoise sea surface and a dim submerged marine animal shape, with no shoreline, boats, or visible people.
This frame gives editors a clean water-texture beat with the animal still present but subtle. (0:03)

License this clip royalty-free for $79 (Standard: all media, worldwide, perpetual, up to 1M views) or $199 (Extended: unlimited distribution, broadcast TV, theatrical). Instant 4K download with a license PDF, direct from filmmaker Phil Maher.