Free Bottlenose Dolphin 3D Model

High Detail Animals
dolphin.glb
Grey bottlenose dolphin with pale belly and curved dorsal fin, swimming with flippers spread
Bottlenose Dolphin 3D model (High Detail, CC0)

Realistic bottlenose dolphin with a sleek grey body, pale belly, curved dorsal fin and short beak, gliding mid-swim: a friendly ocean subject.

Free under CC0 for personal and commercial use, no attribution. Download without login as GLB, FBX, BLEND, USDZ or OBJ. High Detail with 71,906 triangles and 4K textures and light version with 35,952 triangles. Static pose, no rig.

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Download GLB 5.1 MB

CC0: no login, no attribution CC0 1.0

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Technical details

Quality tier
High Detail High-res PBR, 4K textures, some rigged
Triangles
71,906 · Light: 35,952
Textures
4K (4,096 px) · Light: 1K (1,024 px) Base ColorRoughnessMetallicNormal
Dimensions
0.83 × 2.80 × 0.96 m (W × D × H)
License
CC0 1.0 · public domain
Published
Category
Animals
Formats
Full quality
Light
Origin details are included in LICENSE.txt and manifest.json.

Size comparison

Bottlenose Dolphin: 0.83 m wide and 0.96 m tall, next to a 1.80 m person1.80 m0.96 m0.83 m
Bottlenose Dolphinperson 1.80 mBounding box to scale, next to a 1.80 m person.

About this model

The dolphin everyone pictures first: a bottlenose with a streamlined body, a short rounded beak and that permanent friendly smile. It is posed mid-swim with a slight curve through the body, flippers angled out and the tail flukes bent as if on the up-stroke. The skin shades from a darker slate grey on the back and dorsal fin to light grey on the flanks and an almost white belly, with subtle mottling and a soft sheen that reads as wet. A small blowhole sits on top of the head, and the tall, backward-curving dorsal fin completes the classic silhouette. Scaled to a real adult length, it slots into ocean, aquarium and beach scenes. It is best suited to renders, underwater cinematics and close-ups, and as a base for your own LODs. Tip: add caustic light patterns and a blue fog to sell the underwater depth.

Good for

  • Underwater or ocean cinematic
  • Aquarium or marine park scene
  • Marine biology illustration
  • Source mesh for custom LODs

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Also available as

Faceted low poly grey bottlenose dolphin swimming with pectoral fins spread and a pale belly Low poly version Low Poly Dolphin Lightweight ▲ 3,000 GLB 301 KB

Engine import notes

Unity GLB · FBX

Import the GLB with the glTFast package or use the FBX. 1 m in the file = 1 Unity unit.

Unreal Engine FBX

Use the FBX. The model is built in metres. Unreal works in centimetres and converts on import, so it arrives at real size (0.96 m = 96 cm).

Godot 4 GLB · FBX

Drag the GLB into the FileSystem dock. Godot 4 imports it directly, with materials. The FBX works too (Godot 4.3+ imports it natively).

Blender BLEND · GLB

Open the .blend directly, or import the GLB via File › Import › glTF 2.0.

Use it in: UnityUnrealGodotBlender

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