Editing Banks Peninsula (section)

=== Magnet Bay ===
[[File:Surf At Magnet Bay.jpeg|thumb|Surf at Magnet Bay]]

Magnet Bay is known as a spot to go surfing. It  has an exposed reef and point break. These provide reasonably consistent surf all year around.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Banks Peninsula – Magnet Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Reports (Canterbury, New Zealand)|url= https://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Magnet-Bay|access-date=21 December 2020|website=www.surf-forecast.com}}</ref> The bay is known in Māori as Makara and a pa existed in the bay at one stage. Magnet Bay is named after the ''Magnet'', a 148-ton barque that was shipwrecked in the bay on 3 September 1844. It was sailing under the charge of a Captain Lewis who was travelling from [[Wellington]] to [[Waikouaiti]]. One person lost their life in the shipwreck.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ogilvie|first=Gordon|title=Place Names of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills|publisher=Canterbury University Press|year=2017|location=New Zealand|page=154}}</ref>