Surfing Spring 2024

Tofino Surf Trip - Spring 2024

Tofino is known for it’s surfing culture and outdoorsy activities. This trip was a 4-day camping/surfing trip with the UBC Surf club over easter weekend.

Surfing is very fun, but I found that weather and water temperature just too cold. I surfed two of the four days, and hiked the other two days.

Takeaways from the trip:

Standing up on the board is very difficult so be patient
Similar to skiing, a good surfer will weave as they ride the wave to position and match the breaking point
The aquatic life is very beautiful and is definitely worth exploring
The original Tacofino food truck is acclaimed for it’s delicious and good-value surfer food but the burrito bowl was sub-par
Surf Side was about equal in terms of quantity and quality
Cox Bay Beach has consistent waves, a good hiking trail, but can be difficult to reach on account of a 200m walk from the parking to the beach (that’s a long way to carry your surf board)

Pictures from the trip:

Cox Bay beach viewed from the lookout point on the hike to the south.

Surf Side lunch of fries, fish tacos, and tartar sauce.

Barnacles and white encrustations covering dark shoreline rock. — Barnacles, rocks and starfish at long beach.

Seaweed-covered boulders and tide pools at low tide below a rocky headland. — Barnacles, rocks and starfish at long beach.

Word of the trip: Shredful
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