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Tofino 2025

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Tofino is a small town on the west coast of Vancouver Island.  It's roughly 2 hours from the closest ferry terminal and is the Northern end of a long string of fantastic beaches.  I have visited a number of times - Tofino for May Long Weekend (2000), Tofino as a couple (2006), Tofino for a wedding (2022) and Tofino with my parents (2023).  My parents were visiting again this year and we lucked out and managed to get a place to stay for the same time my parents were there.  A place like tofino has favorite activities but there is enough depth that you can also try new things on every visit.

Tidepools

This trip we stayed at at a resort called Crystal Cove.  It's on Mackenzie beach which is book ended by a number of rocky headlands which is perfect for looking in tide pools!

Moon Snail Digging Back InLemon Nudibranch Hiding Under Sea Star
 
 
RalfsiafungiformisPurple Encrusting SpongePair Of Northern Leopard Dorid
 
Underwater Enclosure In Tide Pool




Kids Climbing On RockSand Dollar In Palm


 
Claira With SnakeNara With SnakeSnake Portrait
 
Reading Chair At Book Store


 
 
Nara With Grandparents At Sunset



Sunday (Day 2)

 
 
Fog On Long BeachTextured SandGrandma And Nara In Lock StepGrandparents And Grandkids On Beach

Nara JumpingBare Feet In Sand Claira With Purple Olive SnailClaira Found Large Crab


Stonecrops And Onions On RockStonecropsStonecrop DetailOnion Detail
 
 
 


 
Entrance To Ucluelet AquariumBlackeye Goby

Giant Rock Scallop MouthPurple Sea Urching Coming To Scallop

Lightbulb TunicateVery Tips Of Tube WormsTight Community Of Anenome



Monday (Day 3)
 
 
Boardwalk Into ForestBoardwalk Cutting Through Forest Sunbeams Through The Forest

Strawberry Growing In Rocks
 
Weathered Tree On Rock  Fog Silhoutting TreesFoggy Beach

Aggregating Anemone In Still PoolGreen Anenome For Scale



Kwisitis Visitor Centre Pacific Rim National Park



  Colonizing The Sand DunesBeach GlehniaYellow Sand VerbenaNara Photographing The Beach
 
Dad On The BeachLarge Headed SedgeSand Dune Covered In Yellow Sand Verbena
 
 


 


Stonecrops And Onions On Rock
Altitude: 2m (6 feet)
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Blackeye Goby
Tags: aquarium, fish, Ucluelet Aquarium
Entrance To Ucluelet Aquarium
Altitude: 7m (22 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: aquarium, Ucluelet Aquarium
Onion Detail
Species: Allium cernuum (nodding onion)
Altitude: 2m (6 feet)
Location: Go To...
Weathered Tree On Rock
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Sand Dune Covered In Yellow Sand Verbena
Species: Abronia latifolia (coastal sand verbena)
Altitude: 2m (6 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: beach, sand dune
Sunbeams Through The Forest
Altitude: 1m (3 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: fog, forest
Giant Rock Scallop Mouth
Tags: aquarium, Ucluelet Aquarium
Strawberry Growing In Rocks
Species: Fragaria chiloensis (beach strawberry)
Altitude: 2m (6 feet)
Location: Go To...
Lightbulb Tunicate
Tags: aquarium, Ucluelet Aquarium
Moon Snail Digging Back In
Species: Neverita lewisii (Lewis's Moon Snail)
Tags: beach, snail
Textured Sand
Location: Go To...
Purple Sea Urching Coming To Scallop
Tags: aquarium, sea urchin, Ucluelet Aquarium
Claira With Purple Olive Snail
Altitude: 1m (3 feet)
Location: Go To...
Nara With Grandparents At Sunset
Person: Janet, Lloyd, Nara
Underwater Enclosure In Tide Pool
Beach Glehnia
Species: Glehnia littoralis (Beach Glehnia)
Altitude: 2m (6 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: beach, sand dune
Ralfsiafungiformis
Green Anenome For Scale
Altitude: 3m (9 feet)
Location: Go To...
Lemon Nudibranch Hiding Under Sea Star
Species: Peltodoris nobilis (Noble Dorid, sea lemon)
Tags: nudibranch, tide pool
Foggy Beach
Altitude: 1m (3 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: beach, fog
Dad On The Beach
Person: Lloyd
Altitude: 2m (6 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: beach
Yellow Sand Verbena
Species: Abronia latifolia (coastal sand verbena)
Altitude: 2m (6 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: beach, sand dune
Snake Portrait
Claira Found Large Crab
Location: Go To...
Nara With Snake
Kids Climbing On Rock
Location: Go To...
Boardwalk Into Forest
Tags: boardwalk, fog, forest
Large Headed Sedge
Species: Carex macrocephala (largehead sedge)
Altitude: 2m (6 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: sand dune
Reading Chair At Book Store
Person: Claira
Fog Silhoutting Trees
Altitude: 1m (3 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: beach, fog
Tight Community Of Anenome
Tags: aquarium, Ucluelet Aquarium
Bare Feet In Sand
Person: Claira, Helen, Janet, Nara
Altitude: 1m (3 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: beach, reflection, sand
Nara Photographing The Beach
Location: Go To...
Tags: beach
Stonecrop Detail
Species: Sedum oreganum (Oregon Stonecrop)
Altitude: 2m (6 feet)
Location: Go To...
Pair Of Northern Leopard Dorid
Species: Diaulula odonoghuei (Northern Leopard Dorid)
Tags: nudibranch, tide pool
Boardwalk Cutting Through Forest
Altitude: 38m (124 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: boardwalk
Grandma And Nara In Lock Step
Altitude: 1m (3 feet)
Location: Go To...
Aggregating Anemone In Still Pool
Species: Anthopleura elegantissima (Aggregating Anemone, Clonal Anemone)
Altitude: 1m (3 feet)
Location: Go To...
Sand Dollar In Palm
Species: Dendraster excentricus (eccentric sand dollar)
Location: Go To...
Very Tips Of Tube Worms
Tags: aquarium, Ucluelet Aquarium
Kwisitis Visitor Centre Pacific Rim National Park
Altitude: 4m (13 feet)
Location: Go To...
Grandparents And Grandkids On Beach
Person: Claira, Janet, Lloyd, Nara
Location: Go To...
Colonizing The Sand Dunes
Altitude: 2m (6 feet)
Location: Go To...
Claira With Snake
Fog On Long Beach
Altitude: 1m (3 feet)
Location: Go To...
Nara Jumping
Location: Go To...
Purple Encrusting Sponge
Species: Haliclona permollis (Purple Encrusting Sponge)
Tags: tide pool
Stonecrops
Species: Sedum oreganum (Oregon Stonecrop)
Altitude: 3m (9 feet)
Location: Go To...
Tags: beach(10), aquarium(7), Ucluelet Aquarium(7), tide pool(5), fog(4), time lapse(4)
People: Claira(3), Janet(3), Nara(3), Lloyd(3), Helen(1)

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