New Zealand sea
Advertise your website on The Whale
A sperm whale holding station over the Kaikōura Canyon. Opens at $100.
The Whale board
Open. Nobody has listed on The Whale yet — $100 puts your site at the top of this board and your name on the map.
Highest bid is the name on the map. Outbid stays listed below, not refunded. Rules
About The Whale
The Kaikōura Canyon is a slot in the continental shelf a few kilometres off the Kaikōura coast, and the sea floor in it drops past 1,200 metres. Sperm whales feed there year-round, diving on the squid the canyon gathers — which is why the town runs a whale-watch, and why the one lot on this chart that is not land is a whale. It opens at $100 and every take is $100 over the sitting bid.
Who a listing on The Whale reaches
A listing on the Whale reaches everyone already staring at this stretch of coast: the whale-watch boats, marine science, Kaikōura tourism, and the crayfish and seafood trade of the district — plus anyone who wants the one spot on the chart that answers to the sea and not to a council.
- Council
- Open sea — the Kaikōura District stops at the waterline
On the chart
The WhaleOn the water
The Whale: a sperm whale holding station over the Kaikōura Canyon — the one lot that is water, not land.
It opens at $100, and every take is at least $100 above the sitting bid.