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Humpback Whale Tail Slapping and Diving in Ocean (Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, 2022) · aerial

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, its tail flukes slapping the water. The whale then submerges, creating white foam and ripples. The sequence captures the whale's movement through the blue sea from an aerial perspective.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentaries, Baja California Sur travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing aerial humpback whale behavior in open blue water.
Edit role
The 7-second clip works as a quick wildlife insert, transition beat, or sequence connector between wider ocean coverage and closer whale action.
Visual details
A humpback whale moves at the ocean surface in deep blue water, with pale green flippers, dark back, tail flukes, white foam, ripples, sunlit texture, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The frames support an overhead DJI drone perspective, looking down on the whale and surrounding water with no horizon, no shoreline, and the animal held near the upper or central frame as it swims and dives.

Tags

humpback whaleoceanwaterswimmingdivingtail slappingsurfacingbluewhiteaerialmarine lifeseawavesfoammovementorcamarinewildlife

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
86 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 at the surface near Buzzards Beach, East Cape, Baja California Sur, with white foam spreading across blue water and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale surfacing above a patch of white foam in open blue water. (0:00)
Aerial frame of the humpback whale moving forward in blue water near Buzzards Beach, East Cape, Baja California Sur, with its tail flukes visible and no visible people.
This moment shows the whale's body and tail aligned as it travels through the surface texture. (0:01)
Overhead view near Buzzards Beach, East Cape, Baja California Sur, showing the humpback whale partly submerged as white wake and foam mark its movement, with no visible people.
The frame captures the whale beginning to sink below the surface while foam trails behind it. (0:02)

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