Our Story

A West Coast home.
An outdoor way of life.

Hello, we’re Coast Canopies.
Our story is rooted in the rugged West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island.

Coast trailer setup and a person beside the beach in daylight
Time together on the coast.
Family with a Coast trailer beside the ocean at sunset
A sunset beside the sea.
Westport, New ZealandOur home. Our inspiration.

Where it begins

A love for
the outdoors.

The West Coast is more than where we’re based. It’s the setting that has shaped the way we think.

Driven by a love for the outdoors and a commitment to durability, we’ve spent over a year designing, testing and refining our canopies in some of the harshest coastal conditions around.

Every design choice reflects real-world experience, shaped by terrain that demands reliability. That’s where the Coast Canopies story begins.

Coast canopy-equipped ute beside a river with forested hills and sunlight
Time out in the wild.

What shapes us

Real conditions.
Real experience.

Coastal weather and rugged terrain ask a lot of the gear we use. Time spent testing and refining our canopy designs helps us understand what matters when you’re out there.

It keeps our purpose clear, and our work grounded in everyday practicality.

“Our mission is simple: to deliver gear that performs where it counts.”

At the heart of Coast

What we
stand for.

01

A connection to the outdoors.

A love for being outside is part of our story, and the reason Coast began.

02

Care in the details.

We design, test and refine our canopies with reliability in mind. Real experience guides each choice.

03

A commitment to durability.

Engineered for the wild, assembled in New Zealand and built for New Zealand conditions — that’s the Coast Canopies promise.

We’d love to hear from you.

We’re based in Westport, on the West Coast. If you’d like to know more about Coast, come say hello.

Contact the Coast team