March is the month for rainbows in Oamaru.

Here we see a beautiful example rising above Oamaru Harbour, reflected light from the clouds lighting the green waters below.

Oamaru Harbour is the perfect place to learn how to sail. Here we have a boatie racing to turn around the marker, with waves crashing over the breakwater behind.

A Partial Eclipse of the sun, covered by cloud. A fishing boat leaves Oamaru Harbour for the days catch. 22nd September 2025.

Full Moon rising, slow exposure of the waves and Breakwater. 9th September 2014.

A Digital artwork showing the beautiful Oamaru Harbour at sunset, the boats still lit by the setting sun.

Shortly before sunset, the sun dips below the nor-wester arch to light up the motionless boats in Oamaru Harbour.

A beautiful rainbow stretching up from behind the Oamaru Breakwater

March is usually the month of rainbows in Oamaru, cold fronts from the south bring much needed rain.

The smell of Petrichor is abundant.

On a quiet morning as the sun is rising, fog slowly parts ways with Sumpter Wharf, Oamaru.

The Supermoon of 24th June 2013 rising above the Oamaru Breakwater.

Boats in Oamaru Harbour point South West, into the coming storm.

A break in heavy fog lights up the sky, early morning by Sumpter Wharf, Oamaru Harbour.

A break in heavy fog lights up a wave from a distant sunrise at the Oamaru Breakwater, Oamaru Harbour.

Captured at 1/1600th of a second the water appears to shatter like glass against the stone.

Slow exposure of the northern side of Holmes Wharf with the Breakwater in the distance. 22nd May 2012.