Jump In

A guide to 120 top swimming spots you may not know of around New Zealand!

From secluded sandy bays, to crystal clear alpine lakes, hidden lagoons, rivers and beaches, Jump In is a guide to Aotearoa’s best swimming destinations.

Best-selling Kiwi author Nicola McCloy loves to swim. Her years of enjoying the water have led to this book setting out both the popular and the secret swimming spots all around New Zealand.

Going from north to south, with instructions on how to get there, amenities, ease of access, parking, level of ability needed and child- and dog-friendliness, alongside descriptions and stories, all accompanied by beautiful photos, this is a book you will want to keep close at hand when doing a trip of any length – from a day outing to a full-blown road trip.

Author Biography

Nicola McCloy is a Southlander whose parents instilled in her a love of the great Kiwi road trip. Sandwiched between two extroverted siblings, she grew up spending a lot of time looking out the window of the Datsun 180B and wondering what was happening in the big, wide world of the South Island. Since then, she’s made it her mission to find out, with particular focus on the mediums of pies, suspension bridges and transport museums. She has written more than 20 books, all telling different New Zealand stories and including the bestsellers Let’s Get Lost, Whykickamoocow, Made in New Zealand and The Speight’s Southern Man Cookbook.