The Pacific Rim National Park is made up of 3 units which are the Broken Group Islands, the West Coast Trail and the Long Beach Unit.
Our stay centred around the Long Beach Unit. Long Beach itself is the Park's most accessible and popular unit. It encompasses 13.715 hectares - of which only 7,690 are land. The unit has several beaches, but the longest is the aptly named 10-kilometre Long Beach, famous for great surfing and strewn with driftwood and logs galore!
Some of the beaches are covered in black and sharp lava-rock formations. Others are smooth like silk or covered in an ever-shifting blanket of tiny pebbles. Tides make beachcombing here a delight with every beach becoming new again twice a day every day with a new supply of starfish, shells, kelp and driftwood to explore.
Our accommodation was beachfront at Cox Bay. The power of the open Pacific is awesome, especially when it is just outside your front door!! The beach at Cox Bay is simply stunning as are the panoramic views.
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