May 14, 2024
Rainy day checklist
Embrace the rain and head outdoors or stay dry and cozy inside. There's plenty to do in Tofino in every season. Let's get started with this list.
Things to do indoors
- A mini-disco, secret 80s arcade, psychic’s den, sunken living room, and more - find your fun at Hotel Zed.
- Explore artwork in Tofino, including the Mark Hobson Gallery, the Roy Henry Vickers Gallery and the Tofino Gallery of Contemporary Art.
- Find indigenous art, masks, and keepsakes at the House of Himwitsa Gallery.
- Learn about regional history at the Tofino Clayoquot Heritage Museum.
- Book your beachside barrel sauna session (and optional ocean dip) with Tuff City Saunas, at a few locations!
- Feel weightless and the benefits of restrictive stimulus therapy in a floating pod at Float Tofino
- Perfect your swing, rain or shine, at the indoor, state-of-the-art simulator bays at Long Beach Golf Course.
- Sample a flight at Tofino Brewing Company and Tofino Distillery.
- See a real whale skeleton at the Whale Centre office.
- Reserve your service at a local spa – or have Tofino Mobile Massage or Stillwater Nature Spa come to you.
- Try the mystery gelato flavour at Chocolate Tofino.
- Do the “Tofino Taco Challenge”! Taste fish tacos from at least three restaurants.
- Watch the surf while enjoying a beverage or meal at the Great Room or The Pointe Restaurant. Reservations recommended.
- Visit the Carving Shed on North Chesterman Beach, near the Wickaninnish Inn.
- Enjoy the sauna + hot tub at Long Beach Lodge Resort’s Surf Club.
- Visit the Ucluelet Aquarium.
- Join a yoga class at Coastal Bliss Yoga.
- Stop by the Tofino Visitor Centre to get information and local tips, view the traditional Tla-o-qui-aht dugout canoe, and browse “Made in Tofino” goods.
- Check what’s on at the Monday Night Movies, from blockbusters to arthouse, documentaries and foreign films (with popcorn, organic concession, and weekly door prizes).
Things to do outdoors
- Visit Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and walk under the canopy of Loops A and B of the Rainforest Trail.
- Explore tide pools at MacKenzie Beach at low tide.
- Watch surfers at Cox Bay Beach or Chesterman Beach.
- Take in misty views along the bluffs of the Tonquin Trail in Tofino or the Wild Pacific Trail in Ucluelet.
- Go on a tour to Hot Springs Cove or a wildlife cruise in a covered boat.
- Surf, SUP, boogie board or play in the ocean in your wetsuit! Rentals and lessons are available year-round.
- Visit the Big Tree Trail in Meares Island Tribal Park (by water taxi, or kayak) and walk the hand-cut cedar boardwalk under the canopy of old-growth forest.
- Check out the driftwood VW Microbus located at Hotel Zed Tofino.
- Do as local residents do and bundle up for a rainy beach walk.
- Join a guided hike with Hello Nature Tours or Long Beach Nature Tours.
- Tour the public art throughout Tofino’s town core. Visit Weeping Cedar Woman in the Village Green, the totem pole carved by Joe David, honouring the ƛaʔuukwiatḥ Ha’wiih (Tla-o-qui-aht Hereditary Chiefs) at Anchor Park on Main and Third Streets, and more.
