Tofino

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Tofino is a small town on Vancouver Island’s western coast, with residential streets, harbour facilities and visitor accommodation surrounded by forest and ocean. Indigenous territories and protected landscapes define the wider region. The relationship between storm beaches, temperate rainforest and surf culture around a remote coastal town facing the open pacific and town gives the wider destination a distinctive structure beyond its principal visitor area.

Surfing, wildlife trips and beach walks provide the main experiences, while winter storms create a very different atmosphere from summer, while accommodation is limited and often expensive. Spending time with both storm beaches and temperate rainforest and surf culture around a remote coastal town facing the open pacific reveals more of the destination than focusing only on its best known sights.