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Icebergs off the Otago Peninsula.
Posted: Thu 16/11/2006 18:33
by Janos
Yes its for real ...I thought id drive home over the high road 300 metres above sea level. Sure enough as I rounded a bend with a huge sweep of the Pacific ocean visible there they were plain and easy to see with the naked eye.
A truely awsome sight.
How cools that.
Posted: Thu 16/11/2006 19:13
by Storm Struck
If it's a hot day in Dunedin you could just hop on the boat and get some ice for a nice cold beer
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Certainly a rare occurance got to really ask ourselves is it part of Global Warming despite it has happend years ago.
Cheers
Jason.
Posted: Thu 16/11/2006 19:38
by GSVNoFixedAbode
Air NZ did their bit: wifey was flying up to Wtn from Dunedin this morning and the flight diverted to sightsee over the 'bergs! Lucky thing!
Posted: Thu 16/11/2006 21:06
by Manukau heads obs
some great news coverage on TV1 2 nite
they said it would have taken 5 years for them to travel that far north!
i would love to be able to see them close up
Posted: Fri 17/11/2006 08:49
by jrj
Maybe it's Global Cooling
Posted: Fri 17/11/2006 10:02
by spike_01
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 12:08
by sw_windbow
Were there some extreme weather events soon after the last Dunedin Iceberg visit of June 1931?
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 12:15
by Janos
There must be a good number of icebergs off the coast.
Took my daughter up onto the tops last night and good easily see another even bigger iceberg on the horizon. There along way off the coast but none the less easily spotted, quite a surreal vista given the latitude.
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 12:22
by Janos
Heres a few photos of the smaller berg taken by a friend who flew out.
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 12:28
by sw_windbow
Hey Janos, is "along the tops" Highcliff Rd? I drove out to Cape Saunders yesterday morning and could JUST barely see a berg with my naked eyes. A fellow spotter had binoculars which confirmed the sighting.
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 13:01
by GSVNoFixedAbode
It's a real shame with all the low cloud and drizzle that has settled in Dunedin overnight and today - 'bergwatching was starting to become a local craze! Took the daughters up to Signal Hill last night and we could _just_ make out a berg on the horizon using 10x50 'noks. Reports in the ODT today are saying there are more to the south coming up.
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 15:07
by jrj
Icebergs off Haast next
1 pm Sat 18 November
Haast
Temperature: -44 °C
Wind Speed: 19 km/h
Wind Direction: SSW
Rainfall (last hr): 1.0 mm
Humidity: 0 %
Pressure: 1001 hPa
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 15:44
by tgsnoopy
James wrote:Icebergs off Haast next
1 pm Sat 18 November
Haast
Temperature: -44 °C
Wind Speed: 19 km/h
Wind Direction: SSW
Rainfall (last hr): 1.0 mm
Humidity: 0 %
Pressure: 1001 hPa
Oh no! The day after tomorrow has begun
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 19:52
by Janos
Hey Janos, is "along the tops" Highcliff Rd? I drove out to Cape Saunders yesterday morning and could JUST barely see a berg with my naked eyes. A fellow spotter had binoculars which confirmed the sighting.
Yes thats right between Sandymount and Pukehiki stopped just opposite the big stone house. Just been back up and there is one to be seen on the horizon south of the Cape.[/quote]
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 19:56
by tich
I wonder if these icebergs will survive as they head up the coast and perhaps be visible from high points at eastern end of Banks Peninsula.
Or will they be pushed offshore and maybe reach the Chathams?
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 20:10
by Janos
I guess if they head North and stay coastal then they surely will remain visible...unless one of those destructive NW blow through.
Tried to upload a photo take half an hour ago of the berg from land but having some problems.
Posted: Sat 18/11/2006 20:56
by Janos
Oh no! The day after tomorrow has begun
Would our shiny little gps still work in these temps....
Posted: Mon 20/11/2006 16:30
by Janos
Interestingly the Ice berg that appears in stuff today is the same one that my daughter and I saw on Friday night.
It completely dwarfed the well photographed iceberg and was in quite a different area.
Posted: Wed 22/11/2006 22:43
by sw_windbow
Are any bergs visible from land presently?
Posted: Wed 22/11/2006 22:45
by sw_windbow
and do the bergs show up in any satellitography?
Posted: Wed 22/11/2006 23:24
by Manukau heads obs
i see tv1 news said they were off timaru now...but small ones only, and causing a boating hazard...
Posted: Thu 23/11/2006 16:18
by Janos
No bergs in view at the moment.
Still about 100ks off shore.
