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Whale and Calf Swimming in Clear Turquoise Water (Punta Gorda Beach, 2023) · clip 3 of 4

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

An overhead view shows a whale and its calf swimming in clear turquoise water. The calf's tail moves through the water, creating ripples as it swims. The larger whale remains partially submerged nearby.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation explainers, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing an overhead whale and calf moment in clear turquoise water.
Edit role
At six seconds, this works as a brief aerial insert, natural-history cutaway, transition beat, or quiet closer between broader beach and ocean shots from the same Punta Gorda Beach sequence.
Visual details
A large whale and smaller calf move just below clear turquoise ocean water, with the calf's pale tail and small surface splashes visible and no people, boats, buildings, or shoreline in frame.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead drone composition looking straight down, with the animals held within open water and no horizon, land, or foreground objects visible.

Tags

whalecalfswimmingoceanwaterturquoiseclearaerialoverheadmovementtailripplesmarineanimalnaturedolphinsplashnatural

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
91 MB
Location
Punta Gorda 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 at Punta Gorda Beach, Baja California Sur, showing a large whale and calf just below turquoise water with the calf tail bright near the surface and no visible people.
The opening frame introduces the whale pair from directly above in clear open water. (0:00)
At Punta Gorda Beach, the whale and calf remain under clear turquoise water, with the calf's lighter body and tail closer to the surface and no visible people.
This frame shows the smaller calf separated enough from the larger whale to read as a paired wildlife moment. (0:01)
Over Punta Gorda Beach waters, the calf's pale tail breaks close to the surface beside the darker shape of the larger whale, with small bright ripples and no visible people.
The calf tail and surrounding ripples give editors a readable motion detail within the overhead composition. (0:02)

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