Seal the deal (Canterbury) Kaikōura District, South Island, New Zealand
By ricardinho.nz on 04-Jun-19. Waypoint GC892J7

21. november 2024 09.05# 4936It stated to rain heavily so only picture taken was for this logMany seals though by no picturesFirst time in New Zealand and obviously we should try to find some cachesGeogreetings from Denmarkviridis / Peter & Charlotte TFTC

In Sth island frm Singapore for 3 weeks after visiting fam in Welly. Travelling wv Geokids. This is their first find and they were more than happy to pose for it. But masked kiddoes' faces for safety.

Hello ricardinho.nz,Another day, another Cache.Together with Dr Donna travelling through New Zealand. We arrived at Auckland Airport and made our way up north. After visiting Cape Reinga we went on our way South to reach Stewart Island with stops in many different Citys all over the country. Of course we have an open eye for nice Caches but take what we can get. Today we came across your Cache and signed the logbook with our names or took pictures for Virtuals and Earthcaches.Its great how many nice spots we are able to discover through our journey and how many of them we only See because of Geocaching! Thanks for bringing us to this place and takeing care for the geocache. Liebe Gre und vielen Dank fr die Erstellung deines Virtuellen! -moge-#############Der Cache "Seal the deal (Canterbury)" von "ricardinho.nz" war fr mich Cache 6658. Gefunden am 17 November 2024.Zu diesem Zeitpunkt hat der Cache die Wertung 1.5 / 1.5 (d/t)

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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Driving down the east coast was great due to the aquatic wildlife here.We spent ages looking at various seals at this spot, and also dolphins further out.Obviously it was lunch time for some and lying in the sun time for others.Pic belowThanks ricardinho.nzA fav from me

Touring around SI on our post-mega holiday and discovered this magic spot. We spent ages walking back and forward spotting the seals of different sizes and colours; around 50 to 60 in all. We'd not seen nesting seagulls up close before either. Thanks ricardinho.nz.

CaptainVimes and I have crossed the ditch to attend the Geo Toroa mega in Dunedin and tour around the South Island for two weeks.Amazing to see all the seals and some of them very active. So many cute young ones too.Thanks ricardinho.nz and happy caching

Caching with taybee nz on our way back from peggioh. Been a great day so far. Nice to see a bunch of seals lazing on the rocks haha. Tftc

Cool. All yhe seals are looking pretty lean. Perhaps still being affected by the cause of last year's dieback??Tftc

We are on our way north after attending the Mega in Dunedin and stopped here for the cache and some pics of the dealsTFTC

TFTC. Beautiful day!

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 earlier in the week & are heading South thought wed stop here & view the seals couldnt get over how numerous they are almost forgot to do the caches the GPS took us down towards the exit of the carpark but no sign there, I had seen it as we drove so we walked back to the entrance of the carpark took the necessary photo (attached) were pleased to add another 'smiley face' to the tally TFTC ... TN except photos:LN not even footprints:no L to S #6,018 for Us!

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

Thanks for virtual cache. On holiday exploring top section of the South Island. Love Ohau Point, so many seals!

Stopped on our way to Chch. Grandson need to see the seals.Cheers

Magical day out geocaching- plenty of seals sun bathing- TFTC

Wonderful spot to see a lot of fur seals. Havent seen so many seals in my entire life before. Unfortunately the pictures I made are not showing too many, I rather made videos.Actually down the way I learned that the earthquake also put some plants into troubles as they only grow in this area and nowhere else worldwide and that most of them have been effected by the big earthquake in 2016. (First picture)

Lovely place to stop and watch the seals and have lunch. Was last here in 2015 and remember the waterfall.

Tftc. The seals are fantastic

Nice spot for a stop today. TFTC

TFTC, what a fabulous spot for a bit of seal watching while enjoying a brew could easily watch them all day

Driving past this way today so stopped off to check out the views here before taking some photos and continuing on to find the nearby trad, TFTC

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Its a cold blustery day here today. This was one of my husbands bullkelp study sites in the 1970s. There werent any seals here then; they moved in subsequently. TFTC.

Lovely little stop and heaps of noisy seals

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Stopped at this cache while visiting **New Zealand**! [^]**My #151st visited Geocaching country!**---Place was visited and picture was taken.One more smiley face for me in the GEO map.Amazing place for a virtual cache. I didnt know seals like to hang out in such places.Definitely +1 FPThank 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

On a roadie of the sth Island from invercargill. Enjoyed watching the seals and their antics. Took pics and sent a video to the grandkids. Fave-ing for the entertainment tftv

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. Took the opportunity to complete this virtual cache while here. TFTC!

Found it while on vacation from WI USA. On tour with Moa Trek. TFTC

Thanks

Trouve ! / Found it ! Je ne sais pas si le panneau dj chang mais la police d'criture ne semble pas tre la mme alors que le panneau si 5244me cache trouve.Merci ricardinho.nz pour la cache I don't know if the panel has already changed but the font does not seem to be the same while the panel yes 5244th cache found.Thank you ricardinho.nz for the cache

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

Thanks ricardinho.nz for the cache, great place!

Our good friends, neighbours and temporary team members have been to New Zealand last month.As a souvenir they came back with these pictures.It seems to be much exciting there. Thank you to everybody and best regards from Germany

Wonderful seeing pups frolicking in the water.

Great time to be here, plenty of seal down there, playing, swimming sun bathing or just walking around. Thanks for the cache./herrFamaxe from Sweden

Gefunden als Cache # 1867.Vielen Dank an ricardinho.nz fr den Spa des Suchens, das Herfhren und das Legen und Pflegen sagt Tiggaro!

Thank you for the information!From Hamburg, Germany and Singapore.

So many seals to see here - wonderful. Thank you for showing us this place. Thank you very much for the cache!

Fifth day in New Zealand ??. This is my first visit to this extraordinary country and the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream. In the past, it always failed due to the lack of a travel companion. Now I had the chance to join a large group of mainly German geocachers and I was delighted to take it. After a stopover in Qatar and 8 days in Australia, our journey continued from Auckland to Queenstown with various stopovers.Today we continued our journey by bus from Blenheim to Christchurch along the coast. On the way, we saw lots of seals sunbathing on the rocks. That was a real highlight. We also passed this virtual one and were able to take the required photo with a little creativity. Thank you for laying & taking care .Fnfter Tag in Neuseeland ??. Fr mich ist es der erste Besuch dieses auergewhnlichen Landes und die Erfllung eines lang gehegten Traums. Es scheiterte in der Vergangenheit immer an einem fehlenden Reisebegleiter. Jetzt gab es die Chance mich einer groen Gruppe von berwiegend deutschen Geocachern anzuschlieen und ich ergriff sie mit Freuden. Nach einem Stop over in Katar und 8 Tagen in Australien ging unsere Reise weiter von Auckland nach Queenstown mit diversen Zwischenstopps.Heute ging unsere Fahrt mit dem Bus weiter von Blenheim nach Christchurch immer an der Kste entlang. Auf der Fahrt sahen wir viele Seelwen, die sich auf den Felsen sonnten. Das war ein echtes Highlight. Diesen Virtuellen passierten wir auch und konnten das geforderte Foto mit etwas Kreativitt schieen. Danke fr das Legen & Pflegen .

Today we took the bus to Christchurch and passed the sign. We stopped a few kilometers further to observe the animals. TThank you for their virtual cache, says ollilein

Today we took the bus to Christchurch and passed the sign. We stopped a few kilometers further to observe the animals. TThank you for their virtual cache, says ollilein

Our bus tour took us along the coast. We saw an incredible number of seals. ?? Such a colony was absolutely new and fascinating for us. ?? We knew that we wouldn't be stopping at the Virtual car park. That's why we were creative on the way there and prepared ourselves for the photo. We hope that the owner will recognise our efforts to fulfill the conditions of "Seal the deal (Canterbury)". ??Danke ricardinho.nz??

Thanks for encouraging us to stop at this location

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

Best Stop in New Zealand amazing thank you so much for bringing me here

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 heaps of seals here and they were having a lovley time swimming around. We took the photo needed and a lot more. Thanks for taking us here and for the fun virtual. Giving it a FP when i have one to give

Great spot for seal watching. We are visiting from Canada and are combining sightseeing with a bit of caching. We have relly enjoyed our tour up #1 highway.

decided to pop past on our way to Christchurch to see the seals and saw the opportunity for this cache! Tftc

This was the only sign I could find. It doesn't look identical to the one in your photo though. TFTC

TFTC. seals are adorable!

Great spot to stop along the road and check out the seals.

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 trotted off to take the required photo while hubby returned to the car. Many thanks for setting

To seal the deal amongst so many seals I send with this deal a foto! TFTC

Great spot to stop at, even saw some seals.

And we saw some seal pups. TFTC

Quick stop on our trip south.

Omg! So many baby seals! Tftc! As you can see from the photo it was a bit windy.

So many pups! Tftv

Thanks for the cache.

Thankfully it's a beautiful day! The baby seals are so cute

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!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

A fun virtual thank you. Wandered down to get a photo of the sign after taking lots of photos of seals. Heaps of babies on our visit. All calling for their mums.

Soooo many seals around, awesome

Ended up being a great spot to stopTFTC

A cracking cache, enjoyed the seals, thanks

Trapper4ever from Whangrei on tour .

Thanks for the cache from czech republic.

We stopped by here on our tour and found the cache. Took a photo and watched the seal. Thanks and gretting from Germany.

Though it was a bit windy it was great to see the seals bathing in the rays of the sun. Thanks for the virtual and a FP given.

Gehschei watched the seals. TftC.

So many seals here today! Stopped by to have a look. Thanks for the cache!

Visiting from the UK and stopped to take a look at the view. Bit of a windy day so we didn't linger too long but we did see a number of seals and youngsters on the rocks. Also delighted to see the Spotted Shags nesting in the rocks nearby. TFTVC

Sooo many seals today. Even babies.

Well this was incredibly unexpected. 1MinnieMoo and I pulled up for this one and we were so pleased to see some seals somewhat up close. We took our obligatory photos and moved. TFTV richardinho.nz

28/9/2023 Find #6661Day 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, particularly wanting a couple around the Marlborough area. Of course virtuals are always of interest, and somewhere that we might see the seals is an added bonus too!!And see the seals we certainly did today!There were so many of them here - and yes you could also smell them. Big ones, little ones, sleepy ones, restless ones. They were all there for the viewing, so wonderful to see. Thanks for the cache ricardinho.nz.

Parked up, watched the seal, made a coffee. Took a few snaps and then waited for the long red light; how long must the traffic works go on here? That wall is taking forever. Q. Why did you make the virtual location different from the photo location? Not having images on the GPS meant I took my photo at the given coordinates; where I had the choice of a rather cool stencil or a very informative sign.

Pulled over here on the way to Kaikoura. My son loved the seals here and got really excited about how many of them there were. Took me a minute to spot the sign (as had parked at the other end) but all good! Tftc

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

Merlot 24. 1st virtual find. Easy

We were driving home from Kaikoura, so this was a natural stop. It was raining really, really hard so I only had time to take a quick photo at this sign. TFTvC.

Bit wet but Great view of the seals

We stopped at Ohau Point on our way the Kaikura. An amazing spot!we saw hundred of seals !
Thanks for the cache

What an an amazing place for a virtual. Will award a favourite. And no daft questions! Tftc!

OMG! This place is amazing! There must have been HUNDREDS of seals as far as the eye can see!!That ms SO much for bringing me here!

Amazing spot... quiet this morning too so had the place to myself!!! Took way to many photos but how can you not? Thanks for bringing me here

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What a great spot for a Virtual Cache. There were tonnes of seals out and about, talking and squealing amongst themselves. Our dogs were a little concerned, they do sound a bit like puppies.
We have attached photos as per the requirement. Thank you for the placement here. TFTVC

Stopped here on our way south, when „S“ asked to check about caches nearby - and „Bingo“.
Thank you for the cache and greetings from Austria
The Jasys

Travelling South we came across this astonishing place.
Thanks a lot for the cache says fabmike from Erlangen, Germany.

Passing by here once again . last time we had grand daughter with us and we took her up to the Pool via the DOC track which she loved. Can no longer do this track at the present but we could still watch the seals on the rocks at this point. The seal pups are just like dog pups - on the go all the time . I took a photo of the sign and then continued to locate the trad that is near by . this is a great lace to stop to break the journey and it is wonderful what they have done here since the earthquake . loved the metal 'sculpture on fence line as in photo . thank you for this virtual cache here .

A fantastic place to stop and watch the seals frolicking and sleep.

On a 2023 Autumn trip to the deep south. This is a must-stop location on the Scenic Kaikoura coast. I was lucky enough to have seen the seal frolic under the waterfalls, before the quake. One of those great memories.

Rahmschnitzel2704 and I passed by here during our roadtrip through New Zealand and also visited this interesting spot.

Thanks a lot for showing us this place!

On our way to Kaikoura we did a short stop to watch the seals. There were so many! And of course we also visited this virtual cache. Thanks for bringing us to that spot!

Stopped in here with *Filser1* on our way up to Picton from Springston. We saw lots of pups splashing in the paddling pools with mums keeping a watch. What a great spot.T4TC

On our way to north TEMBO! and I visited the "Seal the Deal". We are lucky we saw about 50 seals or more.
For this the cache earned a favorite point from me.
The requested picture is attached.

Thanks to ricardinho.nz for hiding and maintaining the cache.

T4TC Filser1

The seal are great to watch too

Tftc

Holties

We're currently travelling New Zealand in search of adventures. We're exploring from Kaikoura to Nelson today.

6 March 2023 13:11 - Cache Number 2889
Having had a walk at the seal colony down in Kaikoura, we were pleased to be able to stop for lunch here and enjoy watching the seals on the rocks. TFTC