A frosty sunrise, the details highlighted by the smog of household fires from the night before. 28th July 2007

Oamaru Breakwater, silent after the crashing of the last wave.

Oamaru Breakwater is all that stands between the harbour and the roaring sees of the south Pacific ocean. 

Storms bring huge waves breaking over the stone sides, sometimes, at high tide, the breakwater can disappear completely under the waves, so take care if you want to capture a photo yourself!

Check out the history of the Breakwater here.

Clouds from a passing storm slowly move to the south

Oamaru Breakwater and the September 2025 Eclipse sunrise

Oamaru Breakwater and the September 2025 Eclipse sunrise

Holmes Wharf, a digitally painted art piece shows the lights at night stretching along the length of Holmes Wharf heading towards the Breakwater

Oamaru Breakwater and Holmes Wharf, slow exposure, 25th May 2009.

A curious place to be at night with all the penguins, rabbits and seabirds hustling around you, getting ready to settle down.

Looking west inland from the Kakanui River Mouth.

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

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

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.

Lupins close to Tekapo, digitally painted by Derek Golding.
17th December 2012

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.

You shall only swim between the flags.

Safety flag on New Brighton beach, 14th of January 2010.

At  the end of Oamaru breakwater, two lights vie for the attention of lost ships.

Slow exposure taken 14th of March 2010 with an Olympus Pen camera.

A digital sketch of the Oamaru Breakwater

Silent, it was so silent when I took these photos. The fog covered everything, dampened noise and hair. Not even the birds made a sound.

Two lights, one at the end of the Breakwater, one at the end of Holmes Wharf stand as sentinels in the night guiding the lonely sailor back into Oamaru Harbour to safety.

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

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

The Old Water Wheel, Oamaru, prior to it's renovation.
16th March 2010

Stitched Panorama of the snowy Kakanui mountains inland from Oamaru.

The Bicycle Works, a small bike shop nestled next to the Customs House, Oamaru.
13th December 2009