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Humpback Whale Tail Slapping Ocean Surface (Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, 2022) · clip 2 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 water splashes. The blue water ripples around the tail as it moves. The sequence captures the whale's fluke emerging and submerging in the sea.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing a humpback whale fluke striking blue ocean water.
Edit role
The seven-second burst works as an action insert, transition beat, or mid-sequence cutaway between wider whale behavior shots and quieter underwater or ocean-surface footage.
Visual details
A humpback whale fluke breaks the blue ocean surface, slaps into white foam, and leaves turquoise turbulence around the body below, with no visible people, boats, buildings, or logos.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial composition consistent with the DJI drone hint, looking down at the whale and surrounding water with no horizon, shoreline, or foreground objects visible.

Tags

whaletailflukeoceanwatersplashsurfacebluewhitemovementmarineanimalseawavesplashingaquaticnaturewildlife

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.

At Buzzards Beach, East Cape, Baja California Sur, a humpback whale fluke breaks the blue surface under a ring of white foam, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale tail already striking the surface and pushing pale turquoise water outward. (0:00)
At 0:01, the whale fluke sits lower in the water below a widening white splash ring at Buzzards Beach, East Cape, with no visible people.
This frame captures the fluke submerging as the splash expands across the ocean surface. (0:01)
At Buzzards Beach, East Cape, the whale tail is raised at the edge of a bright white foam patch over deep blue water, with no visible people.
The tail lifts through the foam, giving editors a clear action frame of the slap cycle. (0:02)

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