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Humpback Whale Tail Slapping Ocean Surface (Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, 2022) · clip 3 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 emerges from the ocean, slapping the surface to create a large splash. The tail then submerges, leaving ripples in the blue water. The sequence captures the motion of the whale's fluke as it interacts with the ocean surface.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, brand films, or social cuts needing an aerial view of humpback whale tail slapping in open blue water.
Edit role
The 7-second action works as an energetic insert, transition beat, or natural-history cutaway between wider whale behavior shots and quieter ocean surface coverage.
Visual details
A humpback whale fluke and pale body shape appear beneath bright turquoise water while white splash and foam spread across deep blue ocean, with no people, boats, buildings, or logos visible.
Shot mechanics
The frames read as an overhead aerial composition, consistent with a drone view, holding the whale and splash in the upper half of the frame against open water with no horizon line.

Tags

whalehumpbacktailflukeoceanwatersplashwavebluewhitemovementmarineanimalseasurfacesplashingaquaticwildlife

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.

Overhead frame from Buzzards East Cape Los Cabos, Baja California Sur showing a humpback whale shape under turquoise water below a spreading white splash, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale just below the surface as foam from the tail slap spreads across the ocean. (0:00)
Overhead Buzzards East Cape Los Cabos frame with the pale whale body visible under blue water and a large white foam patch drifting across the top of the view, with no visible people.
This moment keeps the whale partly submerged while the splash pattern expands above it. (0:01)
Overhead frame from Buzzards East Cape Los Cabos showing a distinct fluke-like whale shape beneath turquoise water next to broken white foam, with no visible people.
The whale's fluke shape is most defined here, set against clear blue water and active foam. (0:02)

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