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Whale Tail Fluking in Open Ocean (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 whale's tail is visible above the ocean surface. The tail moves rhythmically, creating splashes and ripples in the blue water. The sequence captures the whale's fluking motion as it dives or surfaces.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary segments, Baja California Sur travel edits, marine conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing an aerial view of a whale fluking in open blue ocean.
Edit role
The 7-second clip works as a short insert or transition beat between wider ocean coverage and closer whale behavior, with the tail and splash giving editors a clear action point.
Visual details
A whale is seen from above in bright turquoise and deeper blue water, with its body partly below the surface and its tail fluke breaking the surface as white splashes spread; no people are visible.
Shot mechanics
The contact sheet supports an aerial drone perspective looking straight down or steeply downward, with the whale positioned in open water and no horizon, shoreline, boats, or foreground obstruction visible.

Tags

whaletailflukeoceanwaterbluemarineanimalswimmingdivingmovementsplashsurfaceseaaquaticmotiondeepclear

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
87 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 at Buzzards Beach, East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico, showing a whale just below the turquoise ocean surface near the upper left, with no visible people.
The opening frame gives editors a high-angle view of the whale moving under clear blue water. (0:00)
Aerial frame from Buzzards Beach, East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with the whale's submerged body faintly visible near the upper center beneath rippled blue water, and no visible people.
This second shows the whale still submerged, useful as a quiet lead-in before the fluke action. (0:01)
Aerial view over Buzzards Beach, East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico, where a pale submerged whale shape sits near the upper left against darker blue open water, with no visible people.
The frame maintains the overhead ocean texture while the whale remains mostly below the surface. (0:02)

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