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The Wave Bar

The Wave Bar is a bar or pub at Shop 2, Seaview Road, New Brighton, Christchurch.

Unconfirmed lead. Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go. The directory’s number for it: 03 388 3863.

Checked 16 Oct 2026

The Wave Bar in New Brighton mall, just metres from the beach, is a real spot for the locals with friendly staff and warm casual environment

Shop 2, Seaview Road, New Brighton

Street record, Seaview Road →

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Nearest bus stop
13 m
Bars & pubs in the suburb
6

Getting there

Bus stop, Marine Parade near Beresford Street 13 m · Routes 60, 135 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Marine Parade near Beresford St 45 m · Routes 60, 135 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Hawke St near Keppel St 120 m · Route 60 · ECan bus stops
Separated cycleway 146 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Seaview Road Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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Nearby

Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.

The nearest other bars & pubs

All 6 bars & pubs in New Brighton → · Every one in the city →

Also in New Brighton

Every kind of business in New Brighton →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, New Brighton (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 16 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
AddressShop 2, Seaview Road, New BrightonFind Christchurch, 2024
KindBars & pubsFind Christchurch, 2024
Phone03 388 3863Find Christchurch, 2024

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How the council’s directory described it

The Wave Bar in New Brighton mall, just metres from the beach, is a real spot for the locals with friendly staff and warm casual environment.

— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.

The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneTransportDistrict Plan

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

3,638 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 3,091 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 3,638 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

What is The Wave Bar?

A bar or pub in New Brighton, Christchurch.

Where is The Wave Bar?

Shop 2, Seaview Road, New Brighton, on Seaview Road. On the map →

Is The Wave Bar still trading?

Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.

How do you contact The Wave Bar?

phone 03 388 3863 (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other bars & pubs are near The Wave Bar?

Pierside Cafe and Bar (41 m), Southpaw Brewing Company (56 m), North Beach Beer Garden (1.3 km), every one in the city.

What’s near The Wave Bar?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Level One Craft Beer & Coffee Bar & Venue (13 m); the Marine Parade near Beresford Street bus stop is 13 m away: routes 60, 135; a separated cycleway passes within 146 m; nearest park: New Brighton Beach Developed (42 m).

What stood where The Wave Bar is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

The record behind this

This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:

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