A Rough Rating of the Best Beach Hikes:

1. Florencia Bay Trail - incredible beach, big waves, beautiful, steep stairs.  10 minutes to beach

2. Kwisitis Visitor Centre and Wickaninnish Restaurant - just a 5 minute drive from Florencia Bay Trail or a beautiful one hour hike from the Florencia Bay trailhead.  Incredibly elaborate and beautifully laid out.  The Visitor Centre is free and the restaurant amazing.

3. Wild Pacific Trail (lighthouse loop) - incredible trail above wild, rocky coastline, gnarled, weather blasted trees.  1.5-3hours circle route

4. Spruce Fringe Trail - amazing wooden boardwalk through the rainforest ending at a wonderful beach.  40 minutes to beach

5. Long Beach - spectacular beach, quick access from parking

6. Rainforest Trail - unbelievable old growth rainforest viewed from elaborate wooden walkway.  Two 1km circle loops

7. Radar Hill Trail - nice distance views, 5 minutes walk to viewpoints

8. Shorepine Bog Trail - a wonderfully surreal forest of weather beaten trees, 40 minutes

9. Nuu Chah Nulth Trail - a 2.1km wooden walkway with informative pit stops through the forest to a nice beach.  1.5 hours

10. Half Moon Bay & Willowbrae Trail - A beautiful walk through the rainforest to two beautiful beaches.  10 minutes to beach

12. Kennedy Lake - massive, majestic, clear lake, only a few access points

13. Grice Bay - nice bay view, boat launch, drive right to bay

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