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Humpback Whale Surfacing and Submerging in Ocean (Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, 2022)

7s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Buzzards East Cape los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

A humpback whale surfaces in the ocean, creating a large splash. The whale's body is partially visible as it breaks through the water. The ocean surface then calms as the whale submerges.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary sequences, Baja California Sur travel edits, marine conservation pieces, agency mood reels, and social cuts needing an aerial view of a humpback whale at the ocean surface.
Edit role
Works as a short action insert or transition beat, showing the whale break the surface, churn the water, and leave a circular white wake as the shot resolves.
Visual details
A humpback whale is partly visible beneath and above deep blue water, with turquoise wash, white foam, bright sun glare on the splash, and no visible people, boats, logos, or shoreline.
Shot mechanics
The frames read as a top-down aerial composition consistent with a drone view, holding the whale and expanding foam ring against open ocean with no horizon or land in frame.

Tags

oceanwhalehumpbacksurfacingsubmergingwatersplashwavesbluewhitemovementmarineanimalseasurfaceactiondynamiccalm

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 in Baja California Sur, a humpback whale breaks the blue ocean surface with bright white spray and turquoise water around it, with no visible people.
The opening frame catches the whale at the surface as the splash begins to spread. (0:00)
The humpback whale remains partly visible near the center of deep blue water as white foam and turquoise turbulence expand outward, with no visible people.
This frame shows the surfacing action at peak turbulence with the whale still partly above or just under the surface. (0:01)
A pale whale tail or fluke shape arcs through the upper right of the splash while a circular white wake forms on the blue ocean, with no visible people.
The frame gives editors a clear tail-and-wake moment after the whale turns at the surface. (0:02)

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