This is probably my favorite thing to do in Kaikoura. Just live seeing so many of them doing their own thing. We went back 2 days in a row. There's an easy to access parking area and the seals seem to be doing tgeir seal thing all the time. (Google maps called this the Kaikoura Seals.)

This is the place for an up close viewing of fur seals. This time of year there were many playful pups and we must have spent about 435 minutes watching all of their antics all along the walk way. Plenty of room for viewing!

We were recommended this by the guide on the whale watching tour. It is so underrated as there are very little signs for it. There were over 100 seals there when we went. So many of which were little pups! Because you look down on them there is no danger of getting too close or distressing the seals which is fantastic!

Amazing must do. Easy lookout with hundreds of seals. Pups playing in pools and adults sleeping. Saw pups feeding from mums. Just unbelievable spot. You could so end ages just watching them all play, and all for free!!

We drove out to the point. The tide was low and the waves big, so we were just enjoying that scenery when a large seal raised its head and expressed some displeasure at our nearness. We went on our way to the car park and were able to walk along the beach, watch huge rollers pound along the shore, and see hundreds of seals. We eventually stopped where a seal lay across the track and climbed up to the walk along the bluffs, then back down a staircase to the beach. It was all pretty incredible.

Following the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake State Highway 1 north and south of Kaikoura had to be almost completely re-engineered and re-built. The seal colony at Ohau Point benefited hugely from this work, as the re-construction included a generous car park on the east side of the highway, along with a concrete walkway approx. 1.5km long that is elevated above the shoreline and protects the seals from people with a 1.2m high fence and railing for its entire length. Some interpretive signage is helpful in orienting visitors to the significance of the spot in Maori history and culture. The main attraction, though, is the seals: everything from seal pups frolicking in the tidal pools or nursing with their mothers, to juveniles tussling with one another, to adults snoozing on the rocks. The view from above on the walkway is magical, giving a clear vista of the colony. A great place to stop, as the car park is safely away from the lanes of traffic.