Lookout - Ohau many seals are there? (Kaikoura) Kaikoura District, South Island, New Zealand
By GH6710 on 23-Dec-18. Waypoint GC81MBV

TFTC. My nephew and niece were the first to spot it. Came for the seals and decided to see if there are caches in the area. We're on a 3 week adventure around NZ frm Singapore after visiting fam here. Log is full so unable to sign. Photo as log.

21. november 2024 09.36# 4937First time in New Zealand and obviously we should try to find some cachesFound with our youngest daughter - 'gida' Geogreetings from Denmarkviridis / Peter & Charlotte TFTC

Our stage today takes us from Kaikoura to Picton. On the way we see sea lions again, many wineries, unusual stones and trees and great beaches. The caches also take us to places we would not have otherwise visited. This way we explore the area and can turn some caches into friendly smileys. A big thank you to all owners and greetings from the Moorhelmi from Germany

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Lovely stop with lots of seal pups at various stages of age. Basking a d playing in the shallows. TFTC

Caching with taybee nz on our way through kaikora from peggioh. Been a great day so far. Nice to see some seals lazing about on the rocks. Tftc

Log book full

Love this place! And thank you for the physical cache too!

Took the ferry over from Wgtn, on our way to Kaikoura, stopped at the Ohau lookout. So many seals, like over 100. We found the cache quickly. TFTC

Nice location for a quick stop on a road trip. TFTC

Beautiful day out here today. TFTC

TFTC. Beautiful day with lots of baby seals around.

Tftf

What a cool place to stop, no time to count the 100s of seals! haha. tftc

So many seals too many to count! Watched their antics for a while very entertaining. tftc

Found - Mrs McMike2012 & I live full-time in our caravan travelling around NZ, visiting the places we want to visit & doing the things we want to do and fitting in a bit of Geocaching here & there we had crossed over on the Ferry ear;ire in the week & are heading South thought wed stop here a view the seals couldnt get over how numerous they are almost forgot to do the caches here the cache was an easy find, logbook completed & cache replaced as found were pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN:LN:LS #6,016 for Us!

On a road trip with Net61 from Blenheim to Kaikoura collecting caches as we head south. A nice quick find here today and we were lucky that there as only one other car in the carpark today. We stopped to check out all the seals below basking on the rocks. TFTC

Lovely place to see the seals.Too many to count.Quick find here

Thanks for cool find on holiday

Nice spot, thanks for the cache

Quick easy find - TFTC

Actually we havent been aware of the seal colonies over here, but we spotted them while driving. So I stepped on the break and we took a look. There have been more seals I have ever seen in my life before. TFTC #437

Nice quick find here whilst having a look at the seals. Shame you cant walk to the waterfall anymore as it was lovely watching the seal pups play.

Tftc. Loving the seals. Last time we were here you could walk to the waterfall. Lovely to see a good view point and the seals returned

Quick find with h a bit of seal watching

Merging my accounts. Found this as "Ambers007" on 09/10/2022. Now tracking together with "Hoterini" and merging the old finds.

Great little find with beautiful scenery. Travelling in a campervan with the family from Australia! Love this spot

Spent way to much time watching the seals here TFTC

Cache and fur seals, brilliant. TFTC

Driving past this way today so stopped off to make a quick find here, TFTC

Weekend in Kaikoura. Tftc

There were only a couple of people here to see all the seals down below on the rocks, so nobody to disturb us here whilst finding the cache.

T4tc - lovely spot

Lovely spot for a stop. TFTC

Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---This cache was easily found and the logbook was signed.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.Everything was in good condittion.Thank you for hiding this cache and showing me this place! Visited this cache together with **taybeedragon**---Greetings from ***Riga, Latvia***! [^]**Happy caching!**----------***For a little entertainment, here are 10 Fun Facts about Latvia!*** 1) Latvia is among the worlds greenest countries.2) Its home of the first Christmas tree.3) The Latvian flag is considered by many to be the oldest national flag in the world.4) Country has the widest waterfall in Europe.5) Latvia boasts the finest Art Nouveau architecture in the world.6) Jacob W. Davis, a Latvian tailor, was an inventor of rivets on famous Jean pants.7) The Latvian Song & Dance Festival is recognised by UNESCO as the largest amateur song and dance festival in the world!8) Alexander Laime, a famous Latvian-born explorer. He is most noted for being the first recorded human to reach Angel Falls (highest waterfall on earth), located in Venezuela, by foot.9) Latvians love basketball and Ice Hockey.10) Latvia is famous for being the home country of the inventor of the flavor of Pringles.----------..\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",.\...\ ------- **MATISONS!** ------- \....\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",..\.....\......\ /// \Paldies/ Aith / Ai / Thanks / Merci / Gracias / Danke / Bedankt / / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon / / / Tak / Kiitos / / / / Ksznet / Grazie / / / Whakawhetai / / Dziki / Obrigado / Mulumiri / C / Hvala / Dky / Teekkrler / Ngiyabon

I'm down from Auckland for a couple of weeks and this afternoon drove from Blenheim to Kaikoura and stopped to find this cache along the way. Stopped at the lookout here and saw an impressive number of seals and their pups this afternoon. The area was fairly quiet, so I was able to make a quick find of the cache. TFTC!

Tftc on way to Kaikoura to do bike trail

Seals were a treattftc

Good hiding spot

Thanks

I love it here!!!! Thats it, Im going to be a seal in my next life!! Tftc!

Always cool to see seals

A very beautiful scenic place.Together with SiamFee we could find the cache very quickly.I ve been here before the Earthquake.A lot of changing.Thxs for this cache.Siamkiwi

Yay. Found! Great stop seals and caches!

Thanks GH6710 for the cache!

What an amazing spot on a gorgeous day . So glad we stopped.

Fast found. Tftc

Gefunden als Cache # 1869.Vielen Dank an GH6710 fr den Spa des Suchens, das Herfhren und das Legen und Pflegen sagt Tiggaro!

Singaporean/German cachers saying thank you for the nice find!

Tftc. In great condition..

We wouldnt have stopped without the cacheTHANK YOU! It was a fabulous surprise! We dont have seals in Arizona or Minnesota

Quick find excellent hint fascinating place

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Switzerland.

Found with Dali87 within our amazing trip around New Zealand. Thanks for nice cache ....................................................................... TB Koumesovo geopivo DDEV7M

On our way to Christchurch. A quick pit stop to see the seala Perfect day amazing location. TFTC

My husband and i are on a 2 week vacation from BrisbAne Australia and today we travelled from Kaikoura to Nelson. What a beautiful drive and today i really wanted to stop here to check out the seals and of course find this cache. There were so many seals having a lovley time. Thanks to the hint we soon had the cache in hand. Thanks for taking us here and for placing this cache here for us to enjoy

Found while holidaying in NZ. Thankyou for your contribution to geo caching

Greetings from Canada. Touring along the #1 highway today doing some sightseeing, seal watching and caching. Having a great time. TFTC.

Quick little find on a roadie to Christchurch. Beautiful seals!! Tftc

High muggle area today, but managed to slip in and out during a small break.

Good hide in a great place with seals. TFTC

Greetings from Bath, UK. On our way to Kaikoura, I was driving and hubby says there are seals. Spotted the carpark/viewing areas and quickly pulled in. So many baby seals there today - lovely. I went to take a photo for the Virtual and realised this cache was so, so close. Oops no pen, they're in the luggage. Took photo and have sent it to CO as proof of find. TFTC

There were sooo many seals! And so many baby seals! A local told us the seals have trouble finding enough fish to survive due to the warming of the water. Hope mother nature can restore our damage. Tftc

Another lucky stop that has a cache. TFTC

So cute watching all the pups! Tftc

Thanks

Many thank. Thank you for the cache on this beautiful spot. So many baby seals! FP from us.

Drizzly day, lots of seals. We love stopping here but have never remembered to check for a cache till today. TFTC!

Thanks for the easy find. I happened to already be at the exact spot before I opened my app for look for another. I left a little dolphin inside It's a beautiful day here. I'd love to see some of the daisies it talks about.

A nick quick find here while spying on the local wild life. Cheers and TFTC.Gday there GH6710, we were in this area today and found your cache Lookout - Ohau many seals are there? (Kaikoura) GC81MBV. Our name was added to the log book at 1:39pm on 1 January 2024. A huge thanks to you for placing this cache here for us (and others) to find!We took up Geocaching on 3 March 2013 and this cache brings our total find count to - 14399.

From Christchurch, on our way to Blenheim, we took this awesome coastal road and past this seal beach. I checked it in advance to plan a stop here.Two easy caches are always welcome!The seals have loads of pups, which was a blessing to watch! Thanks for taking us here!This was my first physical cache in NZ, after a DNF in ChristchurchThanks for placing and maintaining!BedanktGroetenDunaghiriDank u voor de Cache Danke fr die Dose - Thanks for the Cache - Merci pour la Cache - Dziki za kesza - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Dky za ke - Aciu u ta talpykla - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - Kiitos ktkst - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala za cache - nbellek iin tesekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kasmemoron - V mulumim pentru cache - Ksznm a gyorsttrat - - Takk fyrir skyndiminni - - - - Deo gratias pro cache - - Salamat sa cache - Kesh uchun rahmat - Cm n cc b nh cache - cache - - - Danki vir die Kas - Ng mihi mo te keteroki - Pokupatsani posungira - - - - Takk fyrir skyndiminni - Ai u talpyklos - Muchu Danki pe cache akka r fyrir sk

Lovely view

Stopped on travels with parents on a road trip. Nice hidely hole here. TFTC.

A quick find while watching the seals , a lot of young pups too. My granddaughter would just love one to take home .

Thanks for the cache from czech republic.

Loads of seals! And people watching them. Thanks for the hide.

What a beautiful view of the seals - cache well found

We stopped by here on our tour and found the cache. Thanks for this can.

Thank you for showing this spot.

First visit back to the SI since early 2020 and doing a road trip loop of the northern parts of the island. Our main stops are Kaikoura, Nelson, Westport and Greymouth with stops along the way to find some caches. Thanks to the COs for placing and maintaining their caches for our enjoyment.

Sooo many seals to watch when theyre playing! Thanks!

Gemeinsam mit Solderer schnell und sicher gefunden. DFDC!

Gemeinsam mit *jezebella* auf einer schnen Runde bei herrlichem Sonnenschein ohne Probleme gefunden. DFDC!

14:50The Swiss cacher family with Spiess, J_walk, MsSophie and Drayah visited also New Zealand and this cache. TFTC!

The Swiss cacher family with Spiess, J_walk, MsSophie and Drayah visited also New Zealand and this cache. TFTC!

The Swiss cacher family with Spiess, J_walk, MsSophie and Drayah visited also New Zealand and this cache. TFTC!

The Swiss cacher family with Spiess, J_walk, MsSophie and Drayah visited also New Zealand and this cache. TFTC!

Really nice place and cache found easily.

Nice find after watching the seals play for a while. Tftc

Thank you!

1MinnieMoo and I pulled up and were very pleased to finally see some seals up close in NZ. And of course with a cache nearby, we grabbed that. TFTC GH6710

28/9/2023 Find #6662Day 20 of the Fangsoki/1MinnieMoo New Zealand South Island adventures. Today we left Nelson, journeying to Hanmer Springs. We were keen to grab a few caches along the way. We pulled in here pleased that we could grab both a virtual and a traditional here AND as an added bonus, see some seals. And when I say see some seals, apparently I mean see an absolute ton of seals!Big ones, little ones, sleepy ones, restless ones. They were all there for the viewing. So much so that it was easy to get sidetracked and forget about looking for the cache. Luckily tho the brains kicked back into gear (I think it was Fangsoki who mentioned dont forget the cache) Thanks for the cache GH6710.

Nice stealth found lovely day to stop an view…TFTF

What a special place, they're sooo cute.

Wow, what an amazing spot to stop.

Heading down to Christchurch for the weekend. Had time to grab a few caches on the way. Managed 10 caches all close to the road. Quick stop, find, sign and then time to watch the seals. Last time we were here was pre earthquake so interesting to see all the changes. Great spot, happy to add a favourite point. Thanks for the smiley

HEAPS of seals!!!

Raining, so not many muggles.
Easy find.
Cache safe and dry.
Lots of seals looking invisible on the rocks.

Too many seals to count. Thanks for the find

Lots of seals.