The weather is putting a dampener on tourism in the Catlins.
Curio Bay Holiday Park manager Steve Whyte said "everything" was soaked and the camp's patronage was down by hundreds of patrons.
"Usually, at this time of year we would have about 200 people.
"At the moment, at its peak, it's about 40 people."
Mr Whyte said it had been raining in the South Catlins steadily for a week and the weather had been wet since before Christmas.
"We've had no sun and what we do have lasts for about an hour.
We haven't had a good day.
It's all been rain, wind and hail," he said.
Mr Whyte said there had been a huge turnover as campers packed up to escape the weather and he was feeling the economic effects.
"We've usually got four staff on.
"At the moment, we've got one and [no stock] is moving.
"Our freezers are chocker with ice creams."
Further up the coast, Gordon Box, from the Keswick Park and Convention Centre in Pounawea, said his numbers were way down.
"Everybody is deserting me.
"The Ocean View Backpackers sleeps 32.
"I've got four in there at the moment and I've got one flat full.
"I had [another] one full, but they decided to move out at lunch time."
Mr Box said his guests had been speaking to friends in Oamaru and left when they heard the weather was better to the north.
Glenn Maxwell, owner of the Pounawea Motor Camp, said he had also experienced a heavy turnover, but put it down to people resuming work, rather than bad weather.
"Tourists are still travelling and Kiwis realise it's not going to let up," he said.
"I think the ones from Canterbury are still moving, but the ones from closer are not."
Mr Maxwell said he had a few bookings where the people had not shown up.
Leeann Scott, from the Balclutha Motor Camp, said while it had been collecting the campers who had been rained out of the Catlins, the situation in Balclutha was not much better.
"We had to turn three people away [on Sunday] night because we couldn't get them on the ground.
"It was too boggy."
Ms Scott said the cabins and powered sites were filling up.
