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Humpback Whale Tail Slapping Ocean Surface (Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, 2022) · clip 1 of 5

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's tail repeatedly slaps the ocean surface, creating white splashes and foam. The whale's tail flukes, marked with white, move rhythmically above the deep blue water. The sequence captures the dynamic motion of the tail striking the sea, generating ripples and spray.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary segments, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation stories, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing aerial humpback whale behavior over deep blue ocean.
Edit role
The 7-second burst works as an energetic insert, transition beat, or closer after a calmer whale swimming shot, with repeated tail strikes giving editors visible impact points.
Visual details
A humpback whale is seen from above beneath dark blue water as white-marked tail flukes slap the surface, throwing bright spray and circular foam, with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames read as aerial drone footage looking straight down at the whale, with the animal in the midframe, open ocean filling the background, and no horizon or shoreline visible.

Tags

whaletailoceanwatersplashmovementbluewhitemarineanimalseasurfacesplashingaquaticwildlifedynamicwavefoam

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 at Buzzards East Cape Los Cabos of a humpback whale's pale tail flukes striking dark blue water, with bright foam spreading around the impact and no visible people.
The opening frame catches the tail flukes at the surface as the first white splash spreads across the blue water. (0:00)
Aerial frame from Buzzards East Cape Los Cabos showing the humpback whale just below the surface as a circular patch of white spray and foam widens above it, with no visible people.
The whale drops slightly under the surface while the previous tail strike leaves a bright ring of foam. (0:01)
Top-down view near Buzzards East Cape Los Cabos with the humpback whale glowing turquoise beneath the dark sea and a broken white foam circle above its body, with no visible people.
This frame emphasizes the whale's submerged outline below the disturbed surface water. (0:02)

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