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Humpback Whale Breaching in the Ocean (Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, 2022)

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 surfaces in the ocean, lifts its tail, and breaches, creating a large splash. The whale then submerges, leaving white water and waves. The sequence captures the whale's movement from the surface to full submersion.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, Baja California Sur travel edits, marine conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing aerial humpback whale action over open blue water.
Edit role
A tight seven-second action beat that can work as a wildlife opener, mid-sequence cutaway, impact transition, or closer after wider ocean context.
Visual details
A humpback whale moves just below and at the ocean surface, raises its tail, breaches or rolls into a heavy splash, then leaves bright white foam across deep blue water, with no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead aerial perspective consistent with drone capture, with the whale centered against open water and no horizon, shoreline, vessel, or foreground obstruction visible.

Tags

humpback whaleoceanwaterbreachingtailsplashwhite watermovementmarine lifeblueaerial viewswimmingsubmergingwavesseawhalemarinesurfacing

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
88 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 view of a humpback whale near the surface at Buzzards Beach, East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with white water trailing below and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale just below the blue surface before the larger splash sequence builds. (0:00)
Aerial frame of the humpback whale at Buzzards Beach, East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with its tail lifting into bright white spray and no visible people.
This frame captures the whale's tail rising, giving editors a clear action moment before impact. (0:01)
Overhead view of the humpback whale in blue water at Buzzards Beach, East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with a burst of white water behind its body and no visible people.
The frame shows the whale continuing forward as the water breaks behind it. (0:02)

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