Protected Recreational, Cultural or Historic Structures as represented by point locations in map series 2 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environmnet Plan (RCEP) 2005. Schedule 5 (Definitions of Areas and Sites) of the RCEP defines these areas in detail.

Reserved Areas and conditions applying to these as shown in Environment Canterbury's Navigation Safety Bylaws (2010).For more information on the Navigation Safety Bylaws click here.

Wilding Conifer Survey Data collected by Environment Canterbury and partners. This data is resurveyed every 10 years. View the report here. 

Marine reserves and marine farms that are operating in the Coastal Marine Area in the Canterbury Region, as shown in the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan 2005 (RCEP) Planning Maps Volume 2.

Swimming with Sharks Non-Complying Area as shown in Map 9.4 in the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan (RCEP) 2005. Designated under Rule 8.19A of the RCEP.

Akaroa Harbour Taiapure as shown in Map 9.6 of the Cantebury Regional Coastal Environment Plan (RCEP) 2005. Taiapure means local fishery and identifies an area that has customarily been of special significance to an iwi or hapu as a source of food or for spiritual or cultural reasons. Taiapure are legally recognised under the Maori Fisheries Act 1989.

Prohibited Area for Motor Vehicles as shown in map series 4 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan (RCEP) 2005. Rule 8.21 of the RCEP prohibits the operation of a motorised vehicle in these areas except under specified circumstances.

Markers as shown in Environment Canterbury's Navigation Safety Bylaws (2010). For more information on the Navigation Safety Bylaws click here.

Areas of waterways around Christchurch are affected by human sewage contamination due to the 22 February 2011 earthquake and ongoing infrastructure repairs. Areas marked as closed to recreational use should be avoided.

Wilding Conifer Survey Data collected by Environment Canterbury and partners. This data is resurveyed every 10 years. View the report here. 

Areas that the Canterbury and Nelson-Marlborough Conservancies of the Department of Conservation have identified along the Canterbury Region’s coastline as having significant conservation value. These have been adopted as Areas of Significant Natural Value and are listed in Schedule 1 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Envionment Plan (RCEP) 2005. These...

Area representing the spoil dumping grounds in Lyttelton Harbour/Whakaraupo shown in Map 5.5 of the Canterbury Coastal Environment Plan (RCEP), which refers to the discharge of dredged material by or on behalf of the Lyttelton Port Company.

Locations where river flow or stage measurements have been recorded. These locations are derived from Environment Canterbury's Gaugings Database. Each record summarises the date of the first and most recent survey, the number of surveys recorded for the site, whether the site is monitored for a specific reason (such as for compliance or low flow...

Wilding Conifer Survey Data collected by Environment Canterbury and partners. This data is resurveyed every 10 years. View the report here.

Mooring Areas as shown in Environment Canterbury's Navigation Safety Bylaws (2010).For more information on the Navigation Safety Bylaws click here.

Sea water inundation is defined as the movement of sea water onto the hinterland behind the beach system. Sea water inundations are mainly confined to South Canterbury where approximately 1,000 hectares of land in the Waihao-Wainono, Hook-Makikihi and Washdyke-Seadown-Milford areas have been historically affected. Along the remainder of the region’s...

Pile Moorings and Marinas as shown in the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan (2005). 

Main navigation channel into the Port of Timaru as shown on Map 5.4 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan 2005.

Wilding Conifer Survey Data collected by Environment Canterbury and partners. This data is resurveyed every 10 years. View the report: Exotic wilding conifer spread within defined areas of Canterbury high country.

Lines marking edge of main navigation channel into Lyttelton Harbour as shown on Map 5.3 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan 2005.