Seal Watching

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Seal Watching

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NZ Fur Seals are a living soap opera at Tauranga Bay

Time: 20 min

View from Moeraki Lighthouse

Penguin + Seal Viewing. Time: From 20 mins to 1 hour

Sunbathing seal at Ohau Point

South IslandKaikoura Region

Ohau Point Seal Colony

Off SH1 - Nth of Kaikoura

Watch NZ Fur Seals play - right next to State Highway 1.

Okia

5 km return | 1 hour 30 minutes return

Stone walls at Turakirae Head

approx 5 km return | 2 hours return

Amazing rock formations on the peninsula

Watch seals in their natural habitat. Please give respect and provide them plenty of space.

South IslandKaikoura Region

Cape Palliser Lighthouse

1 km return | 20 minutes return

Mating ritual or lovers tiff?

South IslandSouthland

20 minutes return

Wharariki Beach and Puponga Farm Park in behind.

South IslandNelson Region

Wharariki Beach Walk

Archway Islands

2 km return | 40 minutes return

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Dunes at Sandymount

South IslandCoastal Otago

Sandfly Bay Track

Otago Peninsula

2.5 km return | 1 hour return

Seals at Surat Bay

South IslandSouthland

Surat Bay

Seal Watching

Time: 10 - 20 minute walk to view large Sea Lions

Tiny

South IslandKaikoura Region

Swim with wild New Zealand fur seals in the shallow bays of the beautiful Kaikoura Peninsula. This is an experience you do not want to miss! No...

South IslandCoastal Otago

Shag Point / Matakaea

Yellow Eyed Penguins and Seal Viewing

Allans Beach from Sandymount

South IslandCoastal Otago

Sandymount Track

Lovers Leap and The Chasm

2.5 km return | 1 hour return

Time: 3 - 4 hr return

South IslandCoastal Otago

North IslandWellington Region

Connect with the ‘real New Zealand’ during your breathtaking 3-hour Seal Coast Safari! Stories abound as we drive for 20 rugged kilometres along...

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