0551_swimming white seahorse over ocean floor

Royalty-Free Underwater Stock Footage of a White Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) swimming gracefully over a sandy ocean floor, captured from an intimate, cinematic macro perspective.

This underwater video showcases the fascinating behavior of the White Thorny Seahorse, a rare and spiny seahorse species found in coral reef and sandy seabed environments. Filmed in close-up macro detail, the footage shows the seahorse moving smoothly over the sandy substrate, using its prehensile tail for brief anchoring while navigating the ocean floor. Its spiny body, textured skin, and distinctive white coloration contrast against the soft, neutral tones of the sand, highlighting the unique morphology and elegant movements of this species.

Hippocampus histrix typically anchors itself to sparse coral fragments, seagrass, or small rocks to maintain stability in gentle currents while exploring or hunting for planktonic prey. This footage captures natural behaviors such as slow swimming, subtle body swaying, and careful head movements, emphasizing the seahorse’s balance and interaction with the sandy environment. The macro perspective highlights fine details of its movement, showcasing the seahorse’s agility and its remarkable adaptation to the sandy seabed habitat.

Perfect for nature documentaries, marine-life films, educational content, scientific presentations, broadcast productions, and commercial projects, this high-quality underwater stock footage delivers exceptional macro clarity, smooth motion, and natural underwater lighting. It is ideal for projects focused on seahorse behavior, sandy seabed ecosystems, marine biodiversity, habitat interaction, and ocean conservation.

This royalty-free underwater video includes a commercial use license and is compatible with all major platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, websites, presentations, e-learning platforms, museum exhibits, and broadcast media.

Technical Details:
• Resolution: 3840 × 2160 (4K Ultra HD)
• Format: MOV / H.264
• Duration: 00:24 seconds
• Category: Underwater Stock Footage / Seahorse / White Thorny Seahorse / Hippocampus histrix / Macro Marine Life / Sandy Ocean Floor / Marine Behavior / Marine Wildlife

Enhance your projects with professional macro underwater footage of a White Thorny Seahorse swimming gracefully over a sandy ocean floor—an exceptional visual resource for documentary storytelling, marine education, conservation awareness, and cinematic reef and seabed visuals that reveal the hidden behaviors and biodiversity of ocean ecosystems.