Shoreline sites include Point Holes and Cape Lazo as well as Kin Beach, Singing Sands, and Seal Bay Parks. Seal Bay Regional Nature Park is a BC Wildlife Watch viewing site where California and Steller sea lions , seals , and migratory birds hang out at this sunny stretch of coastline. Spring is a time of much activity, when the sea lions arrive as they follow the annual herring and eulachon migration. The bull is a huge animal, which may reach 1000 kilograms, and a body length of up to three metres. To reach the Seal Bay Regional Nature Park, follow signs to the Powell River ferry from Hwy 19A in Courtenay, then head north on Waveland Road to Bates Road.
Trails begin from the north end of the road and lead to a staircase that descends to the beach.
If you can arrange a journey by boat to Mitlenatch Island Provincial Park , you'll find a birdwatching and wildflower paradise 13 kms northeast of Miracle Beach Provincial Park . Mitlenatch is home to the largest seabird colony on the Strait of Georgia, principally 3,000 pairs of glaucous-winged gulls . Other nesting species include pelagic cormorants, pigeon guillemots , and black oystercatchers . Specially designed trails for wildlife viewing lead across the middle of the island between Northwest and Camp Bays to an observation blind. This area is characterized by open meadows that were cleared by the island's former owners a century ago.