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Buller District: Coastlines and Beaches
The West Coast is heaven-found for lovers of wild coastlines and Buller is no exception. Take in sculptured-rock coastlines, delightful bays and coves, sandy and pebble gemstone beaches. Go barefoot in the surf, find a safe swimming spot, or just beachcomb your day away. Chances are, you’ll have the whole beach to yourselves. And at the end of the day, indulge in a glorious ocean sunset.
Westport Area
Birchfield/Fairdown Beach
If you like beaches with no one else on them, you’ll love Birchfield and Fairdown Beaches. [More]
Cape Foulwind Walkway & Seal Colony Walk
A short walk with spectacular ocean views, steeple rocks, and a large year-round fur seal colony. [More]
Carters Beach
Carters Beach has everything you want for a great family fun day out. A domain (park) and playground, a golf links closeby, and a café/bar/dairy/takeway. [More]
Constant & Joyce Bays
The Charleston Reserve features a charming walk through flax fields to open cliff tops above the Tasman Sea. [More]
Gentle Annie Point Walk
Begin at roads end. Track climbs to plateau on top of Gentle Annie Point. [More]
Ngakawau & Granity Beach
This long wild stretch of beach runs all the way from Waimangaroa to the Ngakawau River. [More]
Shingle Beach
Shingle Beach is a little river hideway. Set back from the mouth of the mighty Buller River in a bay. [More]
Surfing at Tauranga Bay & Nine Mile Beach
Right beside Tauranga is Nine Mile Beach, which faces south-west and puts up some of the best beach breaks along this coast in the right conditions. [More]
Punakaiki Area
Jade Hunting
The Buller is well known for its magnificent greenstone carvings and if you want to hunt for your own piece of greenstone, the beaches here are the best place to look. [More]
Pancake Rocks & Blowholes
Dolomite Point is a must see of things to do on the West Coast. This short walk takes you around the famous pancake rocks and blowholes. [More]
Punakaiki Beach
Punakaiki is the gateway to the dramatic limestone country of the Paparoa National Park. There are many deserted unspoiled beaches... [More]
Truman Track
This stunning walk leads down through rainforest and flax to the dramatic Te Miko coastline. [More]
Karamea Area
Flag Staff Beach walk
A walk south or north along the white sands of Flagstaff Beach between where the mighty Karamea and Oparara rivers... [More]
