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Red Rocks Coastal Walk
Owhiro Bay, Wellington
Easy coastal track along the wild south coast to red volcanic rocks and a fur seal haul-out.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
A flat gravel walk around Wellington's rugged south coast, with a seal colony in winter and spring. The reddish rocks are the main point, but the views across Cook Strait to the Kaikōura ranges are the real reward.
Good to know
- Seals mostly haul out from about May to September
- Keep well back from the seals, it is a wild animal colony
- Best time
- Winter to spring for the seals, calm day for the walk
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Gravel road to Owhiro Bay then a short sealed road; small parking area
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
- Dogs
- Dogs on a lead
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