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Whale's Tail Slapping Ocean Surface (Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, 2022) · clip 2 of 2

7s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
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About this clip

A whale's tail emerges from the ocean surface, creating splashes and waves. The tail slaps the water, generating white foam before submerging. The sequence captures the motion of the whale's fluke in the blue sea.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, travel edit, conservation segment, agency mood reel, or social cut needing an overhead 4K view of a whale fluke slapping blue ocean off Buzzards East Cape in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
The 7-second shot works as a quick insert or impact beat between wider whale coverage, holding on the fluke strike, whitewater, and the swirl left as the animal submerges.
Visual details
An overhead view shows a dark whale tail and body shadow breaking deep blue water, bright white foam spreading across the surface, turquoise turbulence below, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an aerial drone perspective looking straight down, with no horizon, no land, and the whale action centered within a wide field of ocean texture and wake.

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
85 MB
Location
Buzzards East Cape Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2022
Published
Jan 2022

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 frame from Buzzards East Cape, Baja California Sur shows white foam and turquoise churn spreading across deep blue ocean after a whale tail movement, with no visible people.
The opening frame catches the water already disturbed, with the whale mostly below the surface. (0:00)
Overhead frame from Buzzards East Cape, Baja California Sur shows a dark whale fluke breaking through white spray above blue water, with no visible people.
The fluke is visible at the top of the frame as the slap sends foam outward. (0:01)
Overhead frame from Buzzards East Cape, Baja California Sur shows the whale tail partly submerged inside a broad patch of white foam over blue ocean, with no visible people.
The tail remains near the surface while the surrounding whitewater expands. (0:02)

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