# Matuku-takotako / Sumner Beach, a beach of Christchurch A named beach on the city’s shore, at Sumner. Also recorded as “Matuku-takotako”. Suburb: [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner) From the air, an aerial view of Matuku-takotako / Sumner Beach: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=beach-matuku-takotako-sumner-beach (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## Can you swim here [Sumner Beach](https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/canterbury-region/swimming/sumner-beach/swimsite), the LAWA monitor that sits on its sand, LAWA’s long-term grade for it is low risk. 3 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. - [Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/229) - [The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/420) ## The ground under it - [Graded TC2 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 2, Yellow - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The rockfall survey counts 2 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 0 came down · 2 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.6](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · ~250 m from the pin · 530 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.566953&lon=172.759652&radius=250 ## Around it - [Scarborough Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1002-scarborough-beach), regional park · under 150 m - [Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach), regional park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Clifton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-171-clifton), track · ~250 m - [Taylor's Mistake Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/taylors-mistake-beach), beach · 2.3 km - [Ripapa Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/ripapa-island), beach · 5.9 km - [Shelly Cove](https://www.chch.live/beach/shelly-cove), beach · 6.1 km - [New Brighton Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/new-brighton-beach), beach · 6.5 km ## The reports nearby 1,056 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9083524), [16 Esplanade, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/16-esplanade) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9082027), [25 Esplanade, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/25-esplanade) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9075213), [52 Esplanade, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/52-esplanade) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9064422), [27 Esplanade, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/27-esplanade) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9052785), [27 Esplanade, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/27-esplanade) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9045877), [27 Esplanade, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/27-esplanade) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9005435), [20 Marriner St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/20-marriner-street) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8991279), [1/24 Marriner Street, Sumner Canterbury 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/1-24-marriner-street) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8984609), Marriner St near Main Rd, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8976482), [14/16 Wakefield Avenue, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/14-16-wakefield-avenue) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8965594), 25–27 Esplanade, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8918481), [14/16 Wakefield Avenue, Sumner, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sumner/14-16-wakefield-avenue) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Matuku-takotako / Sumner Beach?** A named beach on Christchurch’s shore, at [Sumner](https://www.chch.live/sumner), as the open map records it. **What else is Matuku-takotako / Sumner Beach called?** The map also records “Matuku-takotako”, the page answers to all of them. **What’s on the register near Matuku-takotako / Sumner Beach?** 2 listed places within 300m of the pin, each opens its own record from this page. **Where exactly is Matuku-takotako / Sumner Beach?** 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/matuku-takotako-sumner-beach The whole shore as data: https://www.chch.live/beach.geojson The bays and headlands: https://www.chch.live/coast