# Taylor's Mistake Beach, a beach of Christchurch A named beach on the city’s shore, at Te Onepoto Taylors Mistake. Suburb: [Te Onepoto Taylors Mistake](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake) From the air, an aerial view of Taylor's Mistake Beach: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=beach-taylors-mistake-beach (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## Can you swim here [Taylors Mistake/Te Onepoto at Surf club](https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/canterbury-region/swimming/taylors-mistake/swimsite), the LAWA monitor that sits on its sand, LAWA’s long-term grade for it is very low risk. 1 more monitored spot sits 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. - [48 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/535), 48 Taylors Mistake Bay - [Taylors Mistake Bach 5](https://www.chch.live/place/491), 49 Taylors Mistake Bay - [Taylors Mistake Bach 36](https://www.chch.live/place/520), 36 Taylors Mistake Bay - [Taylors Mistake Bach 35](https://www.chch.live/place/521), 35 Taylors Mistake Bay - [Taylors Mistake Bach 37](https://www.chch.live/place/519), 37 Taylors Mistake Bay - [Taylors Mistake Bach 38](https://www.chch.live/place/518), 38 Taylors Mistake Bay - [Taylors Mistake Bach 39](https://www.chch.live/place/517), 39 Taylors Mistake Bay - [34 Taylors Mistake Bay](https://www.chch.live/place/534), 34 Taylors Mistake Bay ## The ground under it - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R12/38 2012 · ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Raekura ki Matuku Takotako - [Inside a kept landscape, NCCE1.0 - Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The rockfall survey counts 60 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 9 came down · 16 wobble easy - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 15 June 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 376 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.583476&lon=172.776957&radius=250 ## Around it - [Taylors Mistake Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1553-taylors-mistake-beach), the regional park it’s inside - [Godley Beach Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1805-godley-beach-park), regional park · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-193-sumner), track · ~450 m - [Matuku-takotako / Sumner Beach](https://www.chch.live/beach/matuku-takotako-sumner-beach), beach · 2.3 km - [Ripapa Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/ripapa-island), beach · 4.4 km - [Shelly Cove](https://www.chch.live/beach/shelly-cove), beach · 4.7 km - [Pukerauaruhe Island](https://www.chch.live/beach/pukerauaruhe-island), beach · 6.3 km ## The reports nearby 133 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9018869), Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8967307), [229 Taylors Mistake Road, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/229-taylors-mistake-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8864180), [35 Taylors Mistake Road, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/35-taylors-mistake-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8733144), [28 Taylors Mistake Bay, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/28-taylors-mistake-bay) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8336697), [40 Drop, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/40-drop) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8167895), [47 Drop, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/47-drop) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/7785890), [31 Taylors Mistake Road, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/31-taylors-mistake-road) - [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/7784380), [47 Drop, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/47-drop) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7626408), [30 Drop, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/30-drop) - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/7528837), [223 Taylors Mistake Road, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/223-taylors-mistake-road) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7457586), [47 Drop, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/47-drop) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7355932), [47 Drop, Te Onepoto / Taylors Mistake, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake/47-drop) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Taylor's Mistake Beach?** A named beach on Christchurch’s shore, at [Te Onepoto Taylors Mistake](https://www.chch.live/te-onepoto-taylors-mistake), as the open map records it. **What’s on the register near Taylor's Mistake Beach?** 8 listed places within 300m of the pin, each opens its own record from this page. **Where exactly is Taylor's Mistake 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/taylors-mistake-beach The whole shore as data: https://www.chch.live/beach.geojson The bays and headlands: https://www.chch.live/coast