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Humpback Whale Surfacing and Tail Slapping in Ocean (Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, 2022)

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

A humpback whale surfaces in the deep blue ocean, creating a splash. Its tail slaps the water, generating ripples and foam. The sequence captures the whale's movement from below the surface to the tail slapping above water.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Aerial 4K wildlife footage for documentary, travel edit, brand film, agency mood reel, or social cut needing a humpback whale surfacing and tail slapping off Buzzards East Cape in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Edit role
Use this seven-second clip as a wildlife action beat, ocean cutaway, or transition from underwater movement to a splash-heavy tail slap in a marine sequence.
Visual details
A humpback whale moves just below and at the blue ocean surface, leaving pale foam rings, ripples, sun glints, and a bright splash from a tail slap, with no people visible.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial drone composition, looking down at open water with the whale and foam centered or offset across the frame and no horizon, shoreline, boats, or foreground objects visible.

Tags

oceanwaterwhalehumpbacksurfacingtail slappingsplashmovementmarineanimalbluedeepseasurfaceactionwildlifedolphinswimming

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
79 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 view of blue ocean at Buzzards East Cape with a dark humpback whale shape just below the surface, sun sparkle on the left side, and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale still mostly submerged beneath textured blue water. (0:00)
A pale foam ring spreads on the dark blue ocean at Buzzards East Cape while the humpback remains partly visible under the surface, with no visible people.
This moment emphasizes the surface disturbance left by the whale's movement. (0:01)
The humpback appears as a green-gray form beneath the deep blue water near a circular foam patch at Buzzards East Cape, with no visible people.
The frame gives editors a clear overhead read of the whale below the surface and the foam above it. (0:02)

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