# Breeze Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast.

From the air, an aerial view of Breeze Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-breeze-bay (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaraupō
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.2](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 13 June 2011 · ~350 m from the pin · 290 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.596154&lon=172.784017&radius=250

## Around it

- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-190-sumner), track · ~400 m
- [Mechanics Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/mechanics-bay), coastal spot · 1.3 km
- [Black Rock Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/black-rock-point), coastal spot · 1.4 km
- [Livingstone Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/livingstone-bay), coastal spot · 1.5 km
- [Moki Point](https://www.chch.live/coast/moki-point), coastal spot · 1.9 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Breeze Bay?**

A named bay on Christchurch’s coast, as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Breeze Bay?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the bay, a bay’s pin sits on the water it names, a headland’s on the point. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position and the names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named bay or cape inside the city boundary (ODbL). A bay’s pin sits on the water it names; the dual names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/coast/breeze-bay
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river