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LAGUNA BEACH LOS CABOS BCS MEXICO-2023: Baby Whale Swimming Above Its Mom

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico 2023
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About this clip

A serene clip from 2023 captures a baby humpback whale swimming gracefully above its mother in the waters of Laguna Beach, Los Cabos, BCS, Mexico. Shot from above, the footage shows the gentle migration of whales in the Sea of Cortez, with waves breaking around them. The scene is untouched by humans, offering a pure moment of mother nature in action. This vintage-style home movie footage highlights the beauty of marine life and the natural rhythm of whale behavior in their coastal habitat.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for travel edits, marine wildlife documentary segments, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, brand films, and social cuts needing aerial whale behavior from San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico.
Edit role
At six seconds, this works as a quiet cutaway, transition, or nature insert between beach coverage and wider coastal sequence footage.
Visual details
A smaller humpback whale swims near the surface above a larger whale shape in turquoise ocean water, with white surface streaks, soft overhead light, and no visible people.

Tags

lagunaBEACHBCSmexico2023minimalismhumpback whalewhales showing from the waveswhaleswavesno humanssceneryfrom aboveoceanwateroutdoorsswimmingnaturelos caboscabo san lucas

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
77 MB
Location
San Jose Del Cabo, 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.

At 0:00, a small humpback whale is visible near the surface in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico, above darker underwater whale forms, with no visible people.
The opening frame establishes the calf near the surface over textured turquoise water. (0:00)
At 0:01, the whale calf sits farther across the frame with its tail clearer against the turquoise water, while the larger whale remains faint below and no people are visible.
This frame shows the calf separated from the darker shape of its mother below the surface. (0:01)

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