Winter in Dunnos June - July

Winter 2007 in the Far South, often forgotten.. thankfully, the land of stickerless boards & bad light selfishly basks in tranquil 8-9 degree water. The feature of the 2007 midwinter swell consisted of a series of intense South East swells which gouged out massive bites of our coastline. Bizarre banks have formed, and some have disappeared, but waves were aplenty if you knew where to go.

Above: a fave spot up the peninsular somewhere late on a winters afternoon.
Below 4: Blackhead pumps



Below left: un-named spot past Brighton. Right: just another day in the lineup at St Clair

Below 4: Early morning light up north a bit.




Above 2: St Clair on the inside.

This winter the Otago beaches suffered great change with incredible losses of sand on our beaches up and down the coast. Most dramatically along the sand dunes of St Clair to St Kilda when on the 3rd of July a beach emergency was declared after 6 weeks of South East swells ate out tens of thousands of cubic metres of frontal dunes threatening to inundate the area of South Dunedin. Check out a short video of stills of the 6 week window of devastation.