Los Cabos beach footage: a location guide
The Los Cabos corridor runs from San José del Cabo to Cabo San Lucas, and its beaches carry most of the region's tourism imagery. The library covers them as they actually look — drone passes down the waterline, ground-level surf, swimmers in clear water, resort frontage — shot by Phil Maher between 2019 and 2023 in 4K. This guide names the beaches and points to where each lives in the catalog.
The beaches, by name
- Palmilla — the corridor's calm-water swimming beach. The library has both the aerials and the in-the-water angle: swimmers and snorkelers over rock and sand in clear water.
- El Tule — open beach along the corridor where an arroyo meets the sea; drone passes and ground-level surf.
- La Playita and Puerto Los Cabos — the beach and harbor east of San José's old town, where the pangas and the marina development share the shoreline.
- The Shipwrecks stretch — the long run of sand heading up the East Cape from Puerto Los Cabos, emptier with every kilometer.
Aerial and ground coverage
Some clips are drone work: passes down the waterline, top-downs over swimmers, the line where desert meets sand meets water. Others are shot from the beach: waves rolling in, umbrellas, families at the shore. Travel and hospitality edits usually need both, which is why both exist for most of these beaches.
Resorts and the corridor
The corridor's hotel frontage is its own subject — pools, palapas, beach clubs, and the buildings themselves from the air. That material lives in the resort & hotel hub, and it pairs with the beach footage for destination work.
The estuary next door
A few minutes from Palmilla, the San José del Cabo estuary puts green wetland and birdlife against the desert — an unexpected frame in a region sold on sand. It's covered in the San José del Cabo hub.
Using the footage
Beach clips often include people. Recognizable swimmers and beachgoers carry a release notice on the clip page: editorial use is cleared as shot, commercial use of a recognizable person needs your own model release. Licensing is flat: $79 royalty-free standard, $199 broadcast, instant 4K download, certificate PDF included, free watermarked previews on every clip.
Where to look in the catalog
- The Los Cabos hub — the corridor end to end.
- Beach — every beach clip in the library, both coasts.
- Resorts & hotels — corridor properties.
- The East Cape guide — where the pavement ends.