We were first amazed at the width of the beach when the tide was out. This beach is on the west side of the north island so the water here is the Tasman Sea. It is much shallower than the Pacific side so the water here is more green while the Pacific is blue. The two flags in the middle of the photo mark where people are supposed to swim and to the right of them you can see the lifeguard station. The flags are usually in the water. You can also seem a small boat between the flags and the lifeguard station. That is the boat that the lifeguards use to rescue you. So a word to the wise. If you are going to need to be rescued be sure it is during high tide! When you walk on a beach this wide it is hard to lose your persepctive of where you are on the sand. You tend to wander around a bit instead of just being by the water's edge.
These people are taking a surf class from the club that is located right there. See how shallow the water is?
As we walked this beach we began to see these funny blue things. This is about the size of a fist. It looks like it should be full of air or water.
This next picture made it evident that it was probably a jellyfish with the blue tennicals streaming out behind it. We saw probably a hundred of them dead on the beach. They just get stranded in the low tide and so they die. There are actually two here. They are called blue bottle jellyfish. They have a sting to them and will leave a welt on the skin. When they are first dead they can also sting you. I am glad I didn't think it was necessary to pick these up.
To put things in perspective I found a picture of on swimming in the water. Let's see if I have figured out anything about posting other things to a blog.
How about that? It shows here. Wonder if it will when it is posted!?!
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