About Ocean Beach

ABOUT OCEAN BEACH

Connection between land and sea

Ocean Beach is an industrial property located at the gateway to Bluff, New Zealand with spectacular views across Foveaux Strait to Stewart Island.

Ocean Beach is spread over 13 hectares of land with an adjacent 40 hectares of rural farm land. The property has Coastal Permits in place to extract large quantities of salt water from the fast moving and cold clean waters of Foveaux Strait.

Ocean Beach currently has a blend of Industrial, Aquaculture, Seafood and Tourism industry tenants on site.

BLUFF (MOTUPŌHUE)

Bluff is one of New Zealand’s earliest and longest continually settled areas by Europeans in Aotearoa. It is one of the original settlements of the Maori Ngai Tahu tribe who were located on the seaward facing side of Bluff. The first recorded boat entered Bluff harbour in 1813, when a trade expedition was sent from Sydney, Australia.

Today the port of Bluff is an important commercial deepwater port with annual cargo throughput of over 1.7 million tonnes.

Southland’s coastline covers approximately 3,150km. The deep, cool southern waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone contain a wide variety of fish species including Southland’s most common commercial fish species, the blue cod and crayfish (Spiny Rock lobster).

The main fishing methods in Southland are: crayfish and cod potting, oyster dredging, trawling, set netting, handlines and diving. Seafood exports account for around 90% of the seafood industry revenue and fisheries consistently ranks as the country’s fifth largest export earner.