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    Tauranga Bay Seal Colony

    Tauranga Bay Seal Colony

    Scenic SpotsWest Coast, West Coast New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    Tauranga Bay Seal Colony

    Scenic SpotsWest Coast, West Coast New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    10 Reviews

    🇮🇱
    Anonymous
    Feb 11, 2024
    Positive

    A must stop if you're near. Seals are present year round. Only a short scenic walk from the car park to the colony

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    Anonymous
    Dec 9, 2022
    Positive

    Absolutely amazing ! At first we didn’t see any seals but then we noticed that the logs were moving and were actually seals ! We spent half an hour watching them play together, in the water and with their pups. We went there around 8pm and by rainy day

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    Anonymous
    Jan 19, 2022
    Positive

    Great walk, saw many seals and birds. Also admire the conservation efforts taken by the locals here! Sad to see people letting their dogs run around when there’s signs everywhere clearly showing how devastating this is to the native wildlife.

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    Anonymous
    Dec 30, 2021
    Neutral

    Wrong location coordinates, Tauranga Bay is on the other side.

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    Anonymous
    Mar 10, 2021
    Positive

    Sweet as walk! Nice easy walk littered with topical information boards on the area. Playful little seals !

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    Anonymous
    Mar 14, 2020
    Neutral

    Lost a black contour action cam with head strap here today unlikely event anyone finds it would be greatly appreciated samgnicholls@googlemail. Com

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    Anonymous
    Mar 1, 2020
    Positive

    The seals had babies and it's so much fun watching the little ones waddling around. A must see

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    Anonymous
    Jan 22, 2020
    Positive

    Cute, but take a pair of binoculars or cameras with a large lens.

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    Anonymous
    Jan 2, 2020
    Positive

    Recommended!

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    Anonymous
    Dec 21, 2019
    Positive

    Very pleasant stroll along the coast. It's really cool to see the seals. We can extend the ride to the lighthouse even if it's not impressive it's a nice ride along the coast.

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