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Manatee Gliding Through Shallow Turquoise Water (Buzzards Beach, 2023) · clip 3 of 3

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Aerial 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 large marine animal, likely a manatee, swims slowly in shallow, clear turquoise water. The animal's body moves gently beneath the surface, with its shape visible through the water. Sunlight creates sparkling reflections on the water's surface as the animal glides.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial nature footage for travel edits, documentary sequences, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing a slow marine animal shape moving through shallow turquoise water in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
Use this six-second shot as a quiet cutaway, transition, or texture beat between shoreline, swimmer, or underwater-rock shots from the same Buzzards Beach sequence.
Visual details
The frames show clear turquoise ocean from above, a large dark marine animal shape beneath the surface, bright sun sparkles on rippled water, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The composition reads as a top-down drone view with no horizon, keeping the submerged animal and sunlit water texture spread across the full frame.

Tags

manateemarine animalwateroceanshallowclearturquoiseswimmingglidingunderwaterlight reflectionscalmslowaerialsunlightsparkleswavesserene

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.

Top-down view of turquoise water at Buzzards Beach, Baja California Sur, with sun glitter at left and a dark marine animal shape under the surface, no visible people.
The opening frame places the submerged animal shape below bright ripples in clear shallow water. (0:00)
Aerial frame over Buzzards Beach turquoise water, with the large dark underwater shape nearer the center and scattered sun reflections, no visible people.
This moment shows the animal form more centrally beneath the shallow ocean surface. (0:01)
Top-down Buzzards Beach water frame with a bright cluster of sun sparkles left of center and a faint dark marine animal silhouette below the surface, no visible people.
The third frame emphasizes the bright reflection pattern as the underwater animal shape remains visible. (0:02)
Aerial view at Buzzards Beach with sun glare along the left edge, teal shallows across the frame, and the dark underwater animal form lower in the water, no visible people.
This frame gives editors a wider patch of water texture with the animal shape set away from the glare. (0:03)

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