Thread: Kayak access from Kaikoura town to Clarence

Use to drag my kayak over the stones to launch prior to the quake. But some months back access still blocked off from what i could see? Anyone know if the road works have backed off to allow access to park ones vehicle?

Pretty much the same north side ,ninns bins ,okiwi and spots along the coast but most pull off spots remain road working sites ...Kaikoura ,South Bay bird santuray all good...vis shit...no clear water close in .

Yeah, thought so, near Okiwi use to be good but workman use this site still by the sounds? South Bay i have tried but the wave pattern unreliable, dumped out twice, broke one rod. But conditions allowing, can be good with deeper water closer in. Thank for the feedback.

You can park and launch from okiwi ,it's a Sandy beach now 50 yards from road to sea. Road crews using northern end what and what was camp ground

I will check it out again with Okiwi, again thanks.

Would suggest what we call bird reserve ...first beach past second tunnel southern side..haven't dived it recently ..but whales come in very close ...looked pretty much the same before and after earthquake ..

what the story with fish / cray / paua limits these days? still closed season?

Originally Posted by stingray

Would suggest what we call bird reserve ...whales come in very close ...looked pretty much the same before and after earthquake ..

There will be a reason why... Hard rock shelf, solid base, deep water?... I guess its good to think that not all habitat was hammered.

If I am correct at the time there was special consent given to roading development to dump rock east of the road. This made the most sense for sure given the amount of habitat distrustion and tonnage of rock v's cost of cartage.

What is now free divable for me (not much) was once pretty deep and has suffered significant change so I guess it will take time for this habitat to change again.

It will though.

Here is a cracker photo from kaikoura July 2016.....





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