Carters Beach

Carters Beach is a small town on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, located 6 kilometres (4 mi) west of Westport on State Highway 67a. Carters Beach is the only sheltered sandy beach on the West Coast suitable for swimming. An 18-hole golf course and Westport airport are nearby. Recently Carters Beach has made local and national news for the erosion along Rotary Road, which has currently caused the closure of the beachside road and may eventually threaten to close the nearby airport.

Carters Beach was named after an early settler who farmed the area in the late 1800s.

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The Seal Colony TOP10 Holiday Park

Towns in the Buller District, West Coast, New Zealand

Towns	Inangahua Junction Karamea Reefton Westport (seat)

Minor towns and localities	Arapito Blacks Point Carters Beach Charleston Cronadun Crushington Denniston Granity Hector Lyell Maruia Millerton Mōkihinui Ngakawau Punakaiki Seddonville Sergeants Hill Stockton Summerlea Te Kuha Waimangaroa Waiuta

Coordinates: 41°45′S 171°34′E / 41.750°S 171.567°E / -41.750; 171.567

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