Water Surface renders rectangular shape when the Camera is relatively close to the surface

Unity: Environment Effects

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2022.3.X

Unity 6000.2 has reached its end of life and will not receive further updates. If you need additional fixes, please upgrade to a newer Unity version.

Cancelling: the 6000.1 version has reached its end of life. If you need additional fixes, please upgrade to a newer Unity version.

Reproduction steps:
1. Open the attached “BugRepro” project
2. Open the “OutdoorScene” Scene
3. Observe the Game View

Expected result: Consistent water color is seen
Actual result: Rectangular shape is seen

Reproducible with: 2022.3.52f1, 6000.0.28f1, 6000.1.0a5
Couldn’t test with: 2021.3.45f1 - No support for Water System

Reproducible on: Windows 10, Windows 11 (user), Ubuntu 24.04 (Vulkan)
Not reproducible on: MacOS (M1, Metal)

Note:

For the Unity 6 versions the rectangular shape does not appear, but a black color is seen