# Okains Bay, a beach of Christchurch A named beach on the city’s shore, at Okains Bay. Suburb: [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/okains-bay) From the air, an aerial view of Okains Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=beach-okains-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## Can you swim here [Okains Bay estuary](https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/canterbury-region/swimming/okains-bay-estuary/swimsite), the LAWA monitor that is ~400 m away, LAWA’s long-term grade for it is very low risk. *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.* ## The ground under it - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Ōkeina / Kawatea - [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Okains Esturary - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.7](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 9 September 2010 · 2.5 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.694008&lon=173.061544&radius=250 ## Around it - [Sandy Bay](https://www.chch.live/beach/sandy-bay), beach · 12.4 km - [Akaroa Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/akaroa-beach), beach · 14.7 km - [Horomaka Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/horomaka-island), beach · 19.2 km - [Pukerauaruhe Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/pukerauaruhe-island), beach · 20.3 km ## The reports nearby 1 report 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/2714109), 8345+6V Okains Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Okains Bay?** A named beach on Christchurch’s shore, at [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/okains-bay), as the open map records it. **Where exactly is Okains 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/okains-bay The whole shore as data: https://www.chch.live/beach.geojson The bays and headlands: https://www.chch.live/coast