Marlborough Sounds
Our weekend on a boat went well. The crossing to the South Island takes about 90 minutes and was a bit choppy but once you are in the sounds (a large number of inlets along the island's north coast) things calm down. We enjoyed diving (water is pretty cold here at 17C, 63F compared to our usual caribbean conditions, but we were well equipped) both to catch scallops on sandy sea floors and among rocks to find crayfish (lobsters), We also fished for the delicious blue cod and managed a night at a pub accessible only by track or sea. Tracy would like it noted that she caught a lot more keeper fish than Tim!
Weather got more settled for our final two days and the sea was very smooth (which suits me just fine!). Thanks to our friend Dave for taking us out!
Our weekend on a boat went well. The crossing to the South Island takes about 90 minutes and was a bit choppy but once you are in the sounds (a large number of inlets along the island's north coast) things calm down. We enjoyed diving (water is pretty cold here at 17C, 63F compared to our usual caribbean conditions, but we were well equipped) both to catch scallops on sandy sea floors and among rocks to find crayfish (lobsters), We also fished for the delicious blue cod and managed a night at a pub accessible only by track or sea. Tracy would like it noted that she caught a lot more keeper fish than Tim!
Weather got more settled for our final two days and the sea was very smooth (which suits me just fine!). Thanks to our friend Dave for taking us out!
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