View of Cave Rock and Sumner Beach taken from Clifton.

People on New Brighton Beach participating in a ping pong ball ...

Darren and Travis Gilbertson with Pluto sandsculpture on New ...

Mark Simmons and Maxine Dowber build a sand sculpture on New ...

Rhys Kempen atop rubbish bin as the tide washes in near the base ...

New Brighton scouts and helpers cleaning the beach in Operation ...

Sign post on New Brighton beach indicating where Tern Street ...

Baches at Taylors Mistake, with the beach carpark in the ...

Aerial view of Waimairi Beach, showing rips.

Driftwood on the beach between South Brighton and Waimairi.

Woodend Beach looking south towards Banks Peninsula.

A swingset on New Brighton beach. Behind is New Brighton pier.

Aerial view of Spencer Park beach showing where the rip is.

Aerial view of North Beach showing the dangerous places to swim.

Damage to seawall at Sumner.

March Construction machinery using a vibrahammer extractor to ...

Sandhills at Sumner, showing the effect of tidal erosion.

Council workers building a rockwall to prevent further erosion ...

View of the Avon-Heathcote estuary from Sumner, showing Sumner ...

View from Clifton showing Sumner beach, Cave Rock, houses in ...

Lifeguards putting up flags marking the zone in which it is safe ...

Crowds on the foreshore of Sumner. Cars are parked along the ...

Two horse riders and a dog make their way along the beach in ...

An aerial view of Sumner beaches with dangers and patrol areas ...