#ohau point

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Ohau Point Lookout｜奧豪角海豹觀景台：Kaikoura 公路必停 10 分鐘爽拍

《Ohau Point Lookout 奧豪角觀景台》有人去過嗎？這趟紐西蘭自由行除了吃道地美食、走訪道地景點之外，還有一個目的就是尋找海豹，老婆飄飄對海豹超愛，之前去奧馬魯的時候，白天Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony躺著滿滿海豹，還有凱庫拉的Kaikoura Seal Colony看到不少海豹，結果還嚷嚷跟我抱怨看不夠，只好拿出隱藏版口袋景點：Ohau Point Lookout… Continue reading Ohau Point Lookout｜奧豪角海豹觀景台：Kaikoura 公路必停 10 分鐘爽拍

Ohau Point Lookout｜奧豪角海豹觀景台：Kaikoura 公路必停 10 分鐘爽拍

[jeanhm]

Fur Seals and Dolphins

We managed to do a return trip to Akaroa in the hope of this time seeing the rare Hectors dolphin that only live in this area and which is the smallest dolphin in the world being approx 1.2m max length. We were told to look out for fins and there would usually be 3 or 4 together but when we found them there where approx 10 so far more than anyone expected so we got a double dose after none at all. These dolphins and grey and rarely jump so it was a question of trying to capture them with noses out of the water.

We spent the night in a lovely little heritage restored cottage in Christchurch and then headed up the coast the following day ready for our ferry crossing back to North Island. This took us along the coast at Goose Bay where we were lucky enough to see dolphins playing out at sea jumping over each other and doing some pretty spectacular aerial jumps. After lunch in Kaikoura we headed on as I hoped we might see baby seals at Ohau. Sadly the stream and rock pool the mums used to leave the babies in is now closed off following the Kaikoura earthquake but a purpose built viewing point has been built and the fur seals have taken over the rock pools on the coast itself. There were literally hundreds, many young playing in the rock pools and waves. It was a fantastic day for wildlife.

Tomorrow we are on the ferry back to Wellington overnight.

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Ōhau Point (view from the train). North of Kaikōura, Canterbury, Aotearoa. 20 Oct 2022.

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LOTD: Ohau Point

(from: http://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/nz.htm)

Ohau Point

1996. Active; focal plane 104 m (341 ft); two white flashes every 15 s. 4 m (13 ft) square cylindrical steel tower topped by a short mast. Google has a satellite view. Sibling of the Cape Kidnappers Light (above). Located on a promontory marking the east side of the entrance to the narrowest section of Cook Strait. Site status unknown. Operator/site manager: Maritime New Zealand. ARLHS NZL-060; Admiralty K4066.2; NGA 4728.

(photo found here)

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“Ohau Point Seal Colony” kaikoura, New Zealand

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Baby Seals at Kaikoura

Baby Seals at Kaikoura

This is one of the best tourist experiences in the country, up close and personal with these little cuties.  A seal nursery at Ohau Point just north of Kaikoura where baby fur seals hang out while their Mum’s are away fishing.

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