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Whale Surfacing and Creating Ocean Splash (Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, 2022)

7s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
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 marine animal, likely a whale, surfaces in the ocean, creating a splash. The splash expands into ripples as the animal submerges. Sunlight reflects off the water's surface, highlighting the disturbance.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, Baja travel edit, ocean conservation piece, agency mood reel, or social cut needing aerial 4K ocean footage with a whale disturbance in open water.
Edit role
Works as a short insert or transition beat showing the aftermath of a whale surfacing, with seven seconds of blue water, white splash, spreading ripples, and sun reflection.
Visual details
The frames show open blue ocean from above, a circular white splash and ripple pattern on the water surface, bright sun glitter across the sea, and no visible people, boats, land, or buildings.
Shot mechanics
Aerial composition from a DJI drone is supported by the overhead view, with the splash held in midframe or off-center against uninterrupted water and no visible horizon.

Tags

oceanwatersplashwhalemarine animalsurfaceripplesbluesunlightreflectionaerialmovementseadisturbancewhitewater surfacemarine lifewhirlpool

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.

Aerial view over Buzzards Beach East Cape ocean water with a small white whale-surface splash left of center, bright sun reflection along the left edge, and no visible people.
The opening frame places the white disturbance in a wide field of blue water. (0:00)
Aerial frame at Buzzards Beach East Cape showing a compact white splash ring on open blue water, with a vertical band of reflected sunlight nearby and no visible people.
The splash remains compact as the ocean surface glitters around it. (0:01)
Overhead view of the East Cape ocean with a white circular disturbance on the water surface, textured blue waves, bright reflected sunlight, and no visible people.
This moment shows the whale disturbance isolated against uninterrupted blue sea. (0:02)

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