Location
The small sunny city of Nelson is our Port, and Dickson Marine is right on the marina just a short stroll from town. We’re surrounded by all of the boat building infrastructure you’d expect, with Nelson being the largest fishing port in all Australasia, (500 fishing boats are based here) most of it within a 10-minute walk from the marina. Nearby there is Nelson Airport (the fifth busiest in NZ) with direct links to all New Zealand’s international entry points. Nelson is the sunniest area of NZ with more than 45 hours of sunshine per week.
You can find us at - Latitude 41o15.63’S Longitude 173o16.85’E
International flight times
Sydney to NZ 3 hours
London to NZ 24 hours
Los Angeles to NZ 11 hours
Facilities
Nelson has all the facilities you would expect of a port city and major tourism destination in its own right. The Nelson City Council Website is a good source of information including all about the local marina and the Latitude Nelson Website is full of information about accommodation, bookings, sightseeing tours etc
Discover our azure skies and wide open spaces, beaches and lakes. In the surrounding countryside you’ll find vineyards and fruit and olive orchards. The numerous gourmet cafes and the burgeoning arts and crafts scene among them some of New Zealands top sculptors, painters and potters are all part of our local environment. Then there’s our beautiful national parks and the great playground on the water. Recent visitor, famous New Zealand yachtsman Chris Bouzaid was pretty upbeat for a man who has sailed all around the world when he said of our great cruising grounds in an interview for the Nelson Mail: “We’ve been here for a couple of weeks and we’re here for another couple, doing the Sounds and Abel Tasman and just generally cruising around. This is a fabulous cruising area. It’s as good a cruising area as any part of New Zealand. You come out of the marina and it doesn’t matter where the wind is from. If it’s one way you can head to Abel Tasman and if it’s the other you can go to the Sounds. And they’re both only a few hours away.” There’s so much to see and do around Nelson, gateway to the world- renowned Abel Tasman walkway . Click here to find out lots more about Nelson and the region and what’s on events and festivals, the services and amenities that are available.
We promise that once you are here in Nelson the only thing that you will find hard is finding a reason to leave our beautiful region. You’ll be hooked. That’s why we set up one of New Zealand’s finest yacht and boat building facilities here.
