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Humpback Whale Tail Slapping Ocean Surface (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's tail slaps the ocean surface, creating a large splash. The tail submerges gradually, with water splashing and receding. The sequence captures the motion from an overhead perspective.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
A 4K wildlife clip for documentary, travel edit, conservation story, agency mood reel, or social cut needing an overhead humpback whale tail slap off Buzzards Beach in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
Use this seven-second shot as a cutaway, impact beat, or transition where a whale fluke strike sends white water across the ocean surface before the animal slips below frame.
Visual details
Turquoise-blue ocean fills every frame as a pale humpback whale fluke and body move under the surface beside spreading white foam, with bright overhead light and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The composition is a straight-down aerial view consistent with drone capture, holding the whale and splash near the upper or side edge of frame with open blue water around the action.

Tags

whaletailflukeoceanwatersplashwavebluewhitemarineanimalmovementsurfaceaerialseasplashingwaveswhite foam

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
7s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
81 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 fluke sits just below turquoise water beside fresh white splash foam, with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the tail slap aftermath beginning to spread across the ocean surface. (0:00)
The whale's pale fluke remains visible under the blue surface as a dense sheet of white foam expands across the upper right of the frame, with no visible people.
This frame catches the fluke under the water while the slap churns into a wider patch of foam. (0:01)
A pale whale tail shape angles beneath clear blue water near bright white foam along the top and right edge, with no visible people or vessels.
The tail remains readable beneath the surface as the foam drifts across the upper edge of the shot. (0:02)

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