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Whale Swimming with Moving Tail in Clear Water (Punta Gorda Beach, 2023)

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

A whale swims in clear turquoise ocean water. Its tail flukes move rhythmically, creating small splashes. The water remains calm with gentle ripples.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary sequences, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation stories, agency mood reels, brand films, or social cuts needing an overhead whale in clear turquoise water.
Edit role
Works as a short wildlife cutaway, insert, or transition beat, giving an editor six seconds of visible tail movement and surface splashes between broader coastal aerials.
Visual details
A single whale swims below clear turquoise ocean water, its tail flukes breaking the surface in small white splashes, with only ripples and open water around it and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial drone composition with the whale centered against open water, no horizon, no shore, and no visible camera platform or foreground obstruction.

Tags

whaleoceanwaterswimmingtailflukesmovementturquoiseclearsplashesmarineanimalaerialoverheadbluecalmnaturalturquoise water

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

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 whale in clear turquoise water at Punta Gorda Beach, Baja California Sur, with its pale tail flukes near the surface and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale from above as the tail begins to disturb the calm water. (0:00)
A whale swims beneath clear turquoise water at Punta Gorda Beach, Baja California Sur, with the tail angled left and small white splashes trailing behind, no visible people.
This frame captures the whale mid-swim with the tail flukes leaving a bright splash trail. (0:01)
The whale appears farther right in the overhead frame at Punta Gorda Beach, Baja California Sur, swimming diagonally through open turquoise water with no visible people.
The third frame gives a clean top-down wildlife view with the whale isolated against open water. (0:02)
Overhead frame of the whale at Punta Gorda Beach, Baja California Sur, with its body partly muted by the water and the tail flukes leaving faint surface splashes, no visible people.
This moment shows the whale partly submerged, useful for a quieter insert in a wildlife sequence. (0:03)

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