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What would a picture gallery be without rainbows?

Here are a few of the sights to see around Kaikoura. These pictures are by no means complete!
Shown are the Ohau Seal Colony, and the Ohau Waterfall.

Produced by the daunting “Norwest” winds, occasionally our guests witness memorable “Ocean Spray” shows. Norwest wind conditions occur ahead of Southerly fronts producing warm, dry, and frighteningly gusty winds that roll and twist over the mountains towards the ocean. This turbulence literally rips the water off the ocean into awesome sea spray patterns.
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The Moon. Wow the moon from SurfWatch. So far, we have not been able to capture pictures that can do justice to the moon at SurfWatch. Rising out of the Kaikoura pastel sky, it is huge and gorgeous. Enjoy cocktail and dinner moon rises! In the quiet of the night the moon shadow entertains you […]

Mountains, mountains. They make Kaikoura so special. Rising to over 8,000 feet, these are the real alpine deal. Edmund Hillary trained here in his younger days. Go-hard skiers heli-ski here. A few keen and brave trampers hikers make it to the top of the easier peaks. The rest are for experienced mountain climbers. Not recommended […]

Local Artists provide flavour and colour to Kaikoura!

Ah, the lifestyle at SurfWatch - Mangamaunu. Now this is getting real rural and just plain down to it. Enjoy an outdoor bath, or a campfire by the beach. If you stay long enough to settle in a bit and experience how the locals live, well, you may never go back….. What do you think […]

Learn to Surf in Kaikoura! If you are keen on surfing, and want to learn, and don’t mind cold water, then do it in Kaikoura! Yes, the ocean is cold in Kaikoura. But on a warm summer’s day, or on a cooler day with a wetsuit, you will feel alive and refreshed and very very […]

Mid-latitude weather at it’s best! Changeable says it all. New Zealand weather comes from the continual stream of fronts that bombards the innocent-come-tough islands from the Great Southern Ocean. In the winter – King Neptune delivers air straight from the Antarctic freezer. Getting tired of this, he might stir a brew and conjure a typhoon […]

Driving the Kaikoura Coast is a magic experience. Views range from long sandy beaches to craggy rock formations and offshore rocks surrounded with giant bull kelp. Fisherman populate the coast as well as paua gatherers, surfers, and divers.