Our team of professional guides love to catch fish! This is their chosen career, not a Summer job. Summer is best for beginners.Īll photos courtesy of Tatchu Adventures.World-Class Fishing in British Columbia Salmon and halibut fishing adventures on the west coast of Vancouver Island The most consistent surf rolls in from September until May. Price: $1185 for four days, three nights all-inclusive, including daily surf or adventure guiding.Īvailability: Trips are by demand, year round, for groups of six to 10 people. A 30 minute drive across the island on logging roads lands guests at Tatchu. Here Bruhwiler picks guests up for a 20 minute boat ride across Nootka Sound to the east side of Nootka Island. ![]() First, by car, drive to Cougar Creek, a small marina on the west side of Vancouver Island, 45 minutes past the fishing hamlet of Gold River, British Columbia. How to Get There: Just getting to Tatchu is worth the price of admission. Morning yoga on the deck of one of Tatchu's treehouses. It's as if Tatchu's architect was Stan & Jan Berenstein's son, who then took some cues from the Ewoks. Tatchu's wood-fire sauna, perfect for melting away surf-stressed shoulder sores.įresh-grilled tuna steaks on the nightly barbeque: just another night at Tatchu. When you tire of fresh-caught fish and shellfish at Tatchu, imbibe in some of the other (imported) luxuries. On the pebbles of Beano Beach, bears, deer, cougars and, yes-wolves-regularly pass by.Īccommodations are certainly unlike any other you'll get on a surf trip. A generator cranks up power for the lights and internet, wood fuels the sauna and a hot tub and there's always a nightly beach fire. ![]() Tatchu's Surf CampĪ veritable Ewok village makes up the surf camp: wooden boardwalks link the main lodge (where meals are served and the group hangs out) with the two treehouse rooms and other buildings. All are empty except for the locals, sea otters, sea lions and the grey whales and orcas. A short walk leads to several excellent breaks, with something for every surfer. Its beaches, reefs and points catch swell coming from just about any direction in the north Pacific. ![]() Tatchu Adventures, on Nootka Island, a remote chunk of land poking off the west coast of Vancouver Island. With overwhelming amounts of driftwood lining the coast, beach campfires are part of the daily routine.īruhwiler, one of Canada's top surfers, manages Canada's only wilderness surf camp, Yes, you have to wear a wetsuit, but with wave:surfer ratios like these, Tatchu is looking pretty epic. and while the thrill of the boat ride might be focused on hunting down a new point break. Not the kind of beach traffic of your average surf trip. Tatchu's position on the West Coast of Vancouver Island captures swells from a huge variety of directions, and the complete lack of locals mean visitors are treated to dozens of empty lineups. Tatchu Adventures, Vancouver Island: The Surf ![]() This isn't the first time wolves have visited his beachside campfire. At a casual glance they appeared to be big dogs, but Raph Bruhwiler knows better. Two sets of eyes appear out of the darkness, the shaggy bodies attached to them just visible at the periphery of the campfire light. This scene-of a rocky point break beneath Vancouver Island's snow-capped peaks-provided the stage for Surfer Magazine's epic May 2011 cover, as well as for countless unreal sessions at Tatchu Adventures.
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