# Tikao Bay, a bay of Christchurch

A named bay on the city’s coast, off Wainui. Also recorded as “Tikao”.

Māori name: Tikao

Suburb: [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui)

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

## 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 · 3.1 km from the pin · 2 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.797738&lon=172.918875&radius=250

## Around it

- [Ohae](https://www.chch.live/coast/ohae), coastal spot · ~550 m
- [Te Monene](https://www.chch.live/coast/te-monene), coastal spot · ~950 m
- [Petit Carenage Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/petit-carenage-bay), coastal spot · 1.2 km
- [Ōpukutahi](https://www.chch.live/coast/opukutahi), coastal spot · 1.3 km


## The reports nearby
1 report pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/850032), 72, Tikao Bay Road, Wainui, 7582, Canterbury

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Tikao Bay?**

A named bay on Christchurch’s coast, off [Wainui](https://www.chch.live/wainui), as the open map records it.

**What else is Tikao Bay called?**

The map also records “Tikao”, the page answers to all of them.

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