# Magazine Bay, a beach of Christchurch A named beach on the city’s shore. From the air, an aerial view of Magazine Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=beach-magazine-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## Can you swim here [Corsair Bay/Motu-kauati-iti](https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/canterbury-region/swimming/corsair-bay/swimsite), the LAWA monitor that is ~300 m away, its latest weekly sample graded it suitable for swimming. 2 more monitored spots sit on its sand. *A water-quality risk grade, not a live verdict, after heavy rain any spot can turn. LAWA's page is the one to check on the day.* ## On the register nearby Listed places within about 300m, neighbours of the shore, not the feature itself unless the register says so. - [Magazine and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/335) · List 7234 - [Erskine Point Gun Emplacement and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/393) - [Dwelling and Setting, Omarama](https://www.chch.live/place/409), 53 Cressy Terrace ## The ground under it - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō - [The rockfall survey counts 10 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 7 came down - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 27 February 2011 · ~450 m from the pin · 338 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.609845&lon=172.703135&radius=250 ## Around it - [Park Terrace Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1201-park-terrace-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Corsair Bay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1126-corsair-bay-reserve), community park · ~250 m - [Walk and bike track through Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-168-lyttelton), track · 1.3 km - [Corsair Bay](https://www.chch.live/beach/corsair-bay), beach · ~350 m - [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/beach/cass-bay), beach · 1.1 km - [Ōtamahua / Quail Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/otamahua-quail-island), beach · 2.0 km - [Whakamaru Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/whakamaru-beach), beach · 2.4 km ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Magazine Bay?** A named beach on Christchurch’s shore, as the open map records it. **What’s on the register near Magazine Bay?** 3 listed places within 300m of the pin, each opens its own record from this page. **Where exactly is Magazine Bay?** The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the beach, the beach’s own ground, or its centreline’s middle. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record. --- The position and the names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named beach or island inside the city boundary (ODbL). A pin is the mapper’s position for the feature; the dual names are recorded as the map carries them. The page: https://www.chch.live/beach/magazine-bay The whole shore as data: https://www.chch.live/beach.geojson The bays and headlands: https://www.chch.live/coast