West Coast Trail Bamfield is also the northern terminus of the famed West Coast Trail. You can hike the last three miles of the trail at Pachena Bay, or arrange for guided nature walks along the ocean or surrounding forest. The West Coast Trail offers not only a spectacular wilderness experience, but a chance to walk through hundreds of years of history. Broken Group of Islands Barkley Sound also draws kayakers, particularly to the nearby Broken Islands Group at the mouth of the sound. The Broken Islands comprise nearly 100 scattered islands, rocks and reefs, home to thousands of sea birds and sealions.
Scuba divers love the clear ocean waters and the chance to see a number of shipwrecks.