Rose the next morning at 4.50 to prepare for our 5.30am dolphin swim but unfortunately it was cancelled to due bad weather. We were quite happy to head back to sleep after that but with not much to do here in the rain we headed to the Kaikoura Winery. This was grand but the tour wasn't great and the wine wasn't the best either.
Next morning our trip was on (and at the nicer time of 8.30am) so we got into our snorkelling gear and headed out on the boat. The boat was very rocky (glad we didn't drink much the night before!!) but we were lucky to see some albatrosses en route towards the dolphines. These really do have a huge wingspan.
The dolphin snorkelling was seriously amazing. We were expecting to see a few dolphins and maybe spot one near us in the water but there must have been more than 200 at any given time. They literally swam around us effortlessly we had to try and avoid swimming into them and everytime they swam past us we re-boa
rded the boat and headed to meet them further 
on. Orla got some great under water videos and photos which we'll try post soon. What was especially amazing was the fact that they were completely wild and have 
never been trained in any way and dont get fed by the boat. We also learned that the Dusky dolphins are supposed to be the most acrobatic (there were also common dolphins amongst them). It was a great experience and well worth the travel and the wait, next stop
rded the boat and headed to meet them further 
on. Orla got some great under water videos and photos which we'll try post soon. What was especially amazing was the fact that they were completely wild and have 
never been trained in any way and dont get fed by the boat. We also learned that the Dusky dolphins are supposed to be the most acrobatic (there were also common dolphins amongst them). It was a great experience and well worth the travel and the wait, next stop Christchurch before our flight to Fiji on the 9th.
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