# Sandy Bay, a beach of Christchurch A named beach on the city’s shore, at Akaroa. Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa) From the air, an aerial view of Sandy Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=beach-sandy-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## Can you swim here [Takamatua Bay](https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/canterbury-region/swimming/takamatua-bay/swimsite), the LAWA monitor that is 1.5 km away, its latest weekly sample graded it suitable for swimming. *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), Whakaroa (Akaroa) - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · ~800 m from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.77515&lon=172.955654&radius=250 ## Around it - [Akaroa Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/akaroa-beach), beach · 3.6 km - [Okains Bay](https://www.chch.live/beach/okains-bay), beach · 12.4 km - [Horomaka Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/horomaka-island), beach · 17.2 km - [Pukerauaruhe Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/pukerauaruhe-island), beach · 19.5 km ## The reports nearby 2 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/2698352), [6528 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Takamatua 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/6528-christchurch-akaroa-road) - [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/2307713), [6528 Christchurch Akaroa Road, Takamatua 7581, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/6528-christchurch-akaroa-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Sandy Bay?** A named beach on Christchurch’s shore, at [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), as the open map records it. **Where exactly is Sandy 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/sandy-bay The whole shore as data: https://www.chch.live/beach.geojson The bays and headlands: https://www.chch.live/coast