Baja California Sur Photos

A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01135  

A blue whale eating krill. This blue whale is seen feeding and surfacing amid krill with its throat fully engorged with krill and water. It will push the water back out with its tongue, trapping the krill in its baleen which acts like a filter. Aerial photo, Baja California.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 05837  

A great white shark swims just below the rippled ocean surface of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California.
Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 07721  

Longnose hawkfish on black coral, underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: Black coral, Longnose hawkfish, Antipatharia, Oxycirrhites typus
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33616  

Beautiful underwater sunburst, glittering light through the ocean surface, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27562  

Yellow-tailed surgeonfish schooling, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Yellow-tailed surgeonfish, Prionurus laticlavius
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27564  

Longnose Hawkfish on Black Coral, Oxycirrhites typus.
Species: Black coral, Longnose hawkfish, Antipatharia, Oxycirrhites typus
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33570  

A great white shark swims just below the rippled ocean surface of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California.
Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 07717  

Underwater Reef with Invertebrates, Gorgonians, Coral Polyps, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Mikes Reef, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33494  

King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33528  

King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33533  

Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33557  

Starfish Sea Star Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33558  

Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33566  

Minute starfish (sea star) living on larger starfish, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33586  

Minute starfish (sea star) living on larger starfish, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33587  

Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33592  

Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33593  

Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33610  

Cortez Angelfish, Pomacanthus zonipectus, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33636  

In the Shallows at Isla San Francisquito, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33638  

Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33644  

Sea Urchin Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33648  

Leopard grouper Mycteroperca rosacea, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33655  

Spottail grunt fish schooling, Isla San Francisquito, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33657  

Panama Graysby Epinephelus panamensis, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33659  

Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33714  

Orange Cup Coral, Tubastrea coccinea, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Orange cup coral, Tubastrea coccinea
Location: Isla Cayo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33765  

Barnacle blenny, Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33783  

Baitfish schooling at the surface, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33791