This last summer we took a trip to Vancouver Island and I I did some day trips from our home base at Long Beach Golf camp ground just south of Tofino.
These all seemed like awesome locations to me but I don't know how these short jaunts compare with others ...I found those great! These would certainly depend on ocean weather and could turn nasty if the weather turned foul. It was great just probing along the open ocean coast without committing to an extended trip. The extended trip will have to wait for another time.
- launched from MacKenzie Beach and headed west to Vargas Island - I chose the open ocean side of the island because it was more interesting territory.
- launched through the surf at Long Beach (that was a blast) and headed north towards Cox Beach.
- launched at Little Beach in Ucuelet and headed out into the open ocean through confused seas at the mouth of the inlet and to Ucuelet Light house.
- launched from Ucuelet harbour and explored south into the islands outside of Ucuelet Sound (you could continue to the Broken Islands but I didn't).
These all seemed like awesome locations to me but I don't know how these short jaunts compare with others ...I found those great! These would certainly depend on ocean weather and could turn nasty if the weather turned foul. It was great just probing along the open ocean coast without committing to an extended trip. The extended trip will have to wait for another time.