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Manatee Gliding Through Clear Turquoise Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

A manatee swims slowly underwater in clear turquoise water. Its body and flippers move gently through the water. The sequence captures the animal's calm motion as it glides.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a manatee visible beneath clear turquoise ocean water.
Edit role
The 6-second clip works as a quiet insert, cutaway, or transition beat between shoreline coverage and closer marine-life details.
Visual details
A dark manatee shape is visible below bright turquoise water, with soft surface ripples, scattered sun glints, and no visible people, boats, logos, or shoreline in frame.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial composition, likely from a DJI drone per the filename hint, looking straight down into shallow clear water with the animal centered or near center.

Tags

manateeunderwaterswimmingclear waterturquoisemarine animalslow motionoceanaquaticmovementwater ripplesnatural habitatwateraerialmarinewavessunlightreflection

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.

Overhead view of a manatee shape just below clear turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with faint ripples and no visible people.
The opening frame introduces the manatee as a dark underwater form in open turquoise water. (0:00)
The manatee appears farther across the turquoise water column, with soft wake-like texture and small surface reflections, and no visible people.
This moment keeps the animal readable beneath the clear surface while leaving open water around it. (0:01)
A dark manatee silhouette sits under the clear green-blue ocean surface at Buzzards Beach, with light ripples crossing the frame and no visible people.
The frame shows the manatee as a soft underwater silhouette against a clean turquoise field. (0:02)
The manatee remains visible beneath rippled turquoise water, slightly lower in the frame than earlier moments, with scattered white reflections and no visible people.
This frame provides a quiet mid-clip beat of the animal gliding below the surface. (0:03)

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