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whalewatching

I'm going whale watching in about an hour. A bit touristy, I know, but Kaikoura is literally home for lots of whales. Meaning, they live here year-round (as opposed to just stopping on their migratory routes), and one can see them cruising around every day here in the South Pacific. We're also likely to see schools of dolphins, and the usual seals and albatrosses. All this wildlife is here because there's a huge continental shelf intersection/canyon just offshore, sending an abundance of deep-sea nutrients to the surface.