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Bait Ball of Fish in Turquoise Ocean 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 fish forms a rotating bait ball beneath the surface of clear turquoise water. The fish move in a circular pattern, creating a dark, swirling mass visible through the water. Light reflects off the water's surface, highlighting the ripples and movement of the fish below.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial wildlife detail for travel edits, marine documentary segments, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing a bait ball visible below turquoise water at Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
A six-second cutaway or texture beat that can bridge shoreline footage, underwater sequences, or marine behavior scenes with a clean top-down view of fish gathering beneath the surface.
Visual details
Clear turquoise ocean fills the frame, with bright surface reflections, faint wave texture, and a dark rounded school of fish shifting below the water, with no visible people, boats, logos, or shoreline.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial composition, likely from a drone, with the fish mass held in the lower half or side of the frame and no horizon, land, or camera platform visible.

Tags

waterturquoiseoceanfishschoolbait ballunderwatermovementrippleslightclearmarineswimmingsurfacereflectioncurrentwavessunlight

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.

At Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur, turquoise water fills the overhead frame while a dark bait ball sits low left beneath bright surface reflections, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the fish school as a rounded dark mass under clear turquoise water. (0:00)
At Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur, the bait ball appears nearer the lower center of the turquoise overhead view as small white highlights scatter across the surface, with no visible people.
This second shows the school remaining visible through the water with surface sparkle above it. (0:01)
At Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur, a darker fish cluster is visible in the lower right portion of the turquoise water while sunlight glints across the upper frame, with no visible people.
The frame emphasizes the bait ball's darker shape against the clean blue-green water. (0:02)
At Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur, the fish mass sits near the lower left edge under rippled turquoise water with bright white reflection streaks above it, with no visible people.
This moment catches the bait ball partly near the edge of frame under moving surface texture. (0:03)

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