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School of Fish Creating a Circular Vortex in Clear Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023) · underwater

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

A school of fish swims in a circular pattern, creating a vortex in the clear turquoise water. The fish move in unison, forming a rotating mass visible just below the water's surface. Sunlight reflects off the water, highlighting the ripples and movement of the fish.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, marine documentary segments, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing aerial turquoise ocean texture with a visible school of fish at Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
The six-second clip works as a short insert, transition, or quiet visual beat between shoreline, swimmer, and underwater-rock shots from the same East Cape sequence.
Visual details
Clear turquoise ocean fills the frame, with a darker circular school of fish visible just below the surface, small ripples, bright sun reflections, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial composition with no horizon, placing the fish vortex under the water surface while the surrounding turquoise water acts as negative space.

Tags

waterturquoisefishschoolvortexcircularclearoceanmarinemovementswimmingunderwatersurfacerippleslightreflectionnaturalaquatic

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

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 turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with a dark fish school forming a soft circle below the surface and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the fish vortex as a dark circular mass under clear turquoise water. (0:00)
Turquoise ocean fills the frame at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with the fish school centered lower in the view and small highlights on the rippled surface, no visible people.
This moment keeps the circular school readable beneath the water while the sun catches the surface. (0:01)
At Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, a darker rotating-looking fish mass sits below clear green-blue water with scattered surface sparkle and no visible people.
The third frame shows the fish mass still visible under the clear water with more open water around it. (0:02)

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