# Hays Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast.

From the air, an aerial view of Hays Bay: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-hays-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 rockfall survey counts 18 boulders within 500 m](https://www.chch.live/boulders), 9 came down
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 1.5 km from the pin · 57 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.636583&lon=172.71234&radius=250

## Around it

- [Black Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1327-black-point-reserve), community park · ~250 m
- [Bayview Road Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1031-bayview-road-reserve), community park · ~350 m
- [Kaioruru / Church Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/kaioruru-church-bay), coastal spot · ~650 m
- [Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō](https://www.chch.live/coast/lyttelton-harbour-whakaraupo), coastal spot · ~850 m
- [Te Wharau / Charteris Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-wharau-charteris-bay), coastal spot · 1.3 km
- [Pauaohinekotau Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/pauaohinekotau-head), coastal spot · 1.5 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Hays Bay?**

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

**Where exactly is Hays 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/hays-bay
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river