Tides Out Maps 32 views ♡

For the expat who calls both sides of the Tasman home. The road tripper who did the big lap. The one who knows how much coastline one country can hold.The whole continent in 22 centimetres - the shallow arc of the Great Barrier Reef, the wide shelf of the Bight, and the deep ocean basins that surrou...

For the Cantabrian who knows the long road over the hill to Akaroa. The sailor who has tucked into Pigeon Bay when the nor'easter builds. The one who can see the Port Hills from their kitchen window.The old volcano in miniature - Lyttelton and Akaroa harbours cutting deep into the peninsula, the lit...

For the one who learned to fish off Paihia wharf. The sailor who knows the passage past Russell. The family who counts the islands every summer and never gets the same number twice.All 144 islands' worth of coastline in one small frame - the sheltered anchorages of Opua and Russell, the scatter of i...

For the one who crosses the Kopu bridge and feels their shoulders drop. The camper who knows Cathedral Cove before the crowds arrive. The one who would always rather be on the Peninsula.The full length of the Coromandel - the Firth of Thames on one side, Mercury Bay and the open Pacific on the other...

For the one who swears the water is warmer at Coopers Beach. The fisher who works the bay at first light. The family who has summered in Mangonui for generations.The Far North's great sweep of a bay - from the Karikari Peninsula around to Mangonui's historic harbour, with the long beaches between an...

For the one who caught the ferry from Wynyard and never really came back. The diver who knows the east coast reefs. The one who dreams of Aotea all winter.The Barrier standing guard at the edge of the gulf - Port Fitzroy's deep shelter, the surf beaches of Medlands and Awana, and the drop into open...

For the one who moors at Mansion House Bay. The kid who grew up at Snells Beach watching the ferries cross. The one who knows the passage from Sandspit by heart.Kawau and its sheltered waters - Bon Accord Harbour cutting deep into the island, the channels back to Sandspit, and the quiet bays that ho...

For the one who knows the mail-boat run through Pelorus. The tramper who walked the Queen Charlotte in four days. The family with a bach up the Kenepuru you can only reach by water.The drowned valleys of the Sounds in miniature - Queen Charlotte, Kenepuru and Pelorus winding inland, D'Urville standi...

For the Kiwi far from home. The one who has driven the length of both islands. The one who wants the whole country within reach of their morning coffee.Aotearoa top to bottom - both islands riding the edge of the continental shelf, with the Tasman on one side, the Pacific on the other, and the deep...

For the Gisborne local who sees the sun before anyone else in the world. The surfer who knows Midway at dawn. The one who calls Tairāwhiti home no matter where they live now.The first coast to see the light - the sweep of Poverty Bay from Young Nick's Head around to the city, Wainui beyond the hill...

For the one who has crossed the lake with the mountains out. The trout fisher who knows the western bays. The family who stops at the lookout every single summer.The great lake in miniature - the caldera's deep heart, the sheltered western bays, and the shoreline from Taupo town around to Turangi, a...

For the expat who still calls it home. The traveller who drove from Cornwall to the Highlands. The one with family on the other side of the world.The British Isles on their shallow shelf - the North Sea, the Irish Sea and the Channel all within the 200-metre line, and the Atlantic falling away to th...

For the one who launches at Sandspit before the ramp queue builds. The fisher who works the channels off Kawau. The one who knows the gulf's quiet upper reaches better than the motorway.The gulf's northern waters - Mahurangi Harbour and Kawau Bay, the coast running up past Tawharanui to Leigh, and t...

For the fisher who has chased kingfish out of Whangaroa. The one who has climbed St Paul's Rock at sunset. The family who summers north of the Bay of Islands, where the road gets quiet.The Far North's hidden harbour - the narrow entrance opening into deep sheltered water, the volcanic domes standing...

For the Aucklander who knows the gulf like a backyard. The sailor who has rounded Tiri more times than they can count. The one who watches for the islands from the office window.Auckland's water in one small square - Rangitoto and Waiheke, the channels and islands running north to Kawau, and the dep...

For the surfer who knows Piha before the crowds arrive. The tramper who has walked out to Whatipu under the cliffs. The West Aucklander who carries the bush and black sand in their bones.The Waitākeres in full relief - eleven layers of bush-clad hills climbing from the coast to the summit ridges, t...

For the one who learned to swim at Cooks Beach. The boatie who anchors behind Great Mercury when the easterly builds. The one who knows Whitianga summers by heart.Mercury Bay and its hinterland in fourteen layers - the ranges rising behind Whitianga, the coast from Cathedral Cove south to Hot Water...

For the trout fisher who knows which lake to be on when the westerly gets up. The one who learned to swim at the Blue Lake. The Rotorua local who can name all eleven without thinking about it.Eleven lakes in one piece - Rotorua with Mokoia Island sitting out in the middle of it, Rotoiti running east...

The South Island in layered relief - from the deep Tasman trenches on the west coast to the Pacific shelf in the east, with the Southern Alps rising in between.This map captures the South Island of New Zealand — Te Waipounamu — in its full topographic and bathymetric drama. Aoraki / Mt Cook to t...

For the kid who learned to swim at Cooks Beach. The diver who knows the Aldermen by heart. The one who carries the Coromandel coast in their bones.This handcrafted wooden depth map captures Mercury Bay and the surrounding islands in full - the sheltered beaches of Whitianga and Cooks Beach, the dram...

For the tramper who walked the Milford Track. The boatie who anchored in Doubtful at dusk. The one who carries the deep silence of Fiordland in their bones.This handcrafted wooden depth map captures Fiordland in full - from Milford Sound in the north down through Doubtful, Dusky, and Preservation In...

For the tramper who walked the Rakiura Track at dawn. The angler who knows the Foveaux swell. The one who fell for the deep south and never quite shook it.This handcrafted wooden depth map captures Stewart Island in full - the rugged silhouette of Rakiura, the sheltered bays of Paterson Inlet, the s...

For the road tripper who drove coast to coast. The expat who carries home everywhere. The one who can name every state line.This handcrafted wooden depth map captures the United States in full - both coastlines, the Gulf of Mexico, and the deep Pacific and Atlantic basins beyond. Laser-cut from prem...

For the surfer who walked over Bream Head at first light. The local who knows every bay from Reotahi to Smugglers. The one who looks back from Whangarei Heads and feels home.This handcrafted wooden depth map captures Ocean Beach and Whangarei Heads in full - the dramatic peaks of Bream Head, the she...