SAN JOSE DEL CABO BCS MEXICO-2023: Duck Swimming In The Water With A Paddle
About this clip
A duck swims calmly in the ocean water near San Jose del Cabo, BCS, Mexico, in 2023. Shot on vintage film, this 6-second clip captures the serene moment of the duck paddling gently through the waves. The natural scenery highlights the peaceful coastal environment, with soft ripples and open water creating a tranquil, minimalist atmosphere. This authentic footage offers a quiet, meditative glimpse of nature in motion, ideal for nature documentaries, ambient visuals, or nostalgic ocean scenes.
Clip Intelligence
- Production use
- Useful for a nature documentary, travel edit, agency mood reel, or social cut needing a lone duck on open ocean water in San Jose del Cabo without people in frame.
- Edit role
- This 6-second shot works as a quiet cutaway, transition, or ambient texture between broader beach, resort, and coastline views in a San Jose del Cabo sequence.
- Visual details
- A small dark duck floats and paddles across gray-green ocean water, with low wind ripples, scattered white foam, no shoreline, no boats, and no visible people.
Shot slate
- Resolution
- 3840 × 2160
- Frame rate
- 29.97 fps
- Duration
- 6s
- Codec
- H.265 (HEVC) MP4
- File size
- 76 MB
- Location
- San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Year filmed
- 2023
- Published
- Jun 2026
Still Frames From This Clip
2 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.
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