Yesterday it rained all day. It was raining when we woke up and when we went to bed. We drove to Kaikoura in the rain. At 4pm I phoned to confirm our booking for the dolphin watching only to be told that the weather forecast was rain for 3 days and wind and high seas but to check again in the morning.
This morning when we awoke, it was not raining.
We even got to see some stunning mountains that we hadn’t realised were there!
However, when we went to the Dolphin watching centre they told us that although the tour would go ahead, there was a very strong sea-sickness warning as the swell was very high and the sea choppy from the inclement weather. Although we had taken sea-sickness medication, this was no guarantee against it and if we chose not to go they would organise a refund. This is what we chose as I remembered that dolphin watching was also offered in Picton.
Instead we went to see the seal colony. Stunning views as usual.
The seals were really close, some even resting on the edges of the car park. Our best, however was when we saw the seals swimming and then getting out onto a rock right in front of our motorhome.
The medication had made me very drowsy and I slept most of the way to Picton. After lunch we both slept again although we did manage to get ourselves booked onto tomorrow’s dolphin watching tour. This one advertises “no sea-sickness” in their brochure (because of the sheltered waters of Marlborough Sounds). Here’s hoping……
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