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Westport Area: Westport Area Beaches
Birchfield/Fairdown Beach
If you like beaches with no one else on them,...
There are just a few houses here set back from the low bank over which lies the beach. At low tide...
Cape Foulwind Walkway & Seal Colony Walk
A short walk with spectacular ocean views, steeple rocks, and...
One of New Zealand’s most accessible seal colonies can be found just out of Westport on the edge of Tauranga Bay....
Length: 1 hr 30mins one-way
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Carters Beach
Carters Beach has everything you want for a great family...
It is a safe swimming beach with lots of room to spread out and have a piece of paradise to yourself. This...
Constant & Joyce Bays
The Charleston Reserve features a charming walk through flax fields...
An interesting area of multiple small bays--including twin bays Constant and Joyce. Constant Bay was an early West Coast sea port. The...
Ngakawau & Granity Beach
This long wild stretch of beach runs all the way...
Known as Buller Bay these beaches offer wonderful solitude, a chance to fossick for gemstones and driftwood, miles of sand to run...
North Beach
A relaxing family and dog friendly walk.
– Though do keep the children and dogs under tight control up on the Buller River Breakwater. The walk includes the spectacular...
Shingle Beach
Shingle Beach is a little river hideway. Set back...
It is renowned as one of the best whitebaiting spots on the river, during the very short fishing season for this...
Surfing at Tauranga Bay & Nine Mile Beach
Right beside Tauranga is Nine Mile Beach, which faces south-west...
Tauranga Bay is a recognised surfing mecca and seal colony down the Cape Foulwind road, south of Westport. It has a left-hand...




