Photo: Brighton Beach Dunedin New Zealand

As the tide recedes along Ocean View Beach just south of Dunedin, New Zealand, fascinating rocks and creatures are visible along the sandy shore.

Brighton, New Zealand is a very small town that is located along the seaside about 20 kilometers from the city of Dunedin. The beach in the town and nearby Ocean View Beach is filled with sand and it sits in a small sheltered bay which can become fairly busy during the summer months. People make day trips from the city of Dunedin to enjoy the sounds of the water lapping the shoreline while building sandcastles, swimming, surfing and having a picnic lunch.Spring and Autumn are great seasons to enjoy Ocean View Beach without the crowds where you can walk the sandy shores and hardly see another person anywhere along the beach. A great place to take a dog where he can chase a ball up and down the beach while enjoying a cooling off in the water.This is a particularly calm day under the cloudy blue skies of New Zealand, with the water breaking near the shoreline and sea life being bared along the beach. ... continue below the picture...

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... The hillside greenery still flourishes and soaks up any rays of sun it can on this quiet but glorious day in Brighton, New Zealand.Ocean View Beach is a great place for explorers especially after a winter storm has whipped up the waters. You never know what lies along the beach and what kind of treasures you will find on your vacation to the Brighton area, New Zealand.If you are traveling to Dunedin, be sure get out of the city limits and spend at least half a day at Ocean View Beach. Here you will find the true beauty that the South Island of New Zealand has to offer to tourists and why the locals love their homeland.Sandy coast of Ocean View Beach south of Dunedin along the Southern Scenic Route, Otago, East Coast, South Island, New Zealand.