Nude Beaches & Hot Springs BC

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About 95% of the ocean, river, and lake beaches in BC are nude-friendly. That's because when you and your friends get there--no one else is there!

WRECK BEACH. One of the most popular and well-known nude beaches in the world. At Ulksen (or Ulksun) in Coast Salish, what the settlers call Point Grey. The whole coast within Pacific Spirit Regional Park is defended by the group below. Designated clothing optional 8 km from Acadia Beach (see below) to beyond Trail 7, including Towers Beach. Map


WRECK BEACH PRESERVATION SOCIETY (WBPS). Your help is needed. Attend meetings, government hearings, fun fundraisers, etc. Some of those events which require clothing are not in this calendar. Get on their e-announcement list judyw@wreckbeach.org or check frequently: www.wreckbeach.org
Their auxilliary, the Wreck Beach Swim Club, also presents indoor swims: see above in "Vancouver-area indoor swims".
--2007 August 12, Sunday, 11th Annual Wreck Beach Bare Buns Run (a fun run or walk). Register 9 am, start 11:30 am near the bottom of Wreck Beach's Trail 6, Pacific Spirit Park, Vancouver, BC.
Register: beachgirl@look.ca or Dena Ellery 604-876-3909 (phone and fax) or mail Dena Ellery, Registrar, 456 East 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 2A1.
--2007 Sep 15, Sat, 11 am-3 pm. WBPS Great Canadian Shoreline Clean-up. Wreck Beach Trail 4 to 6 areas. To volunteer, contact Judy Williams 604-856-9598 judyw@wreckbeach.org.


ACADIA BEACH. A section of greater Wreck Beach (see above), between Towers Beach (nude) and Spanish Banks West Beach (textile), northeast of Ulksen (Point Grey). Good for people less physically able: trail very short and gentle.
From top of Trail 6 (the main trail to Wreck Beach), go north on Marine Dr. (the main road around UBC) to big intersection of Chancellor Blvd. and Marine Dr. Turn left. Continue north, then curving east on NW Marine Dr., which goes downhill. As the road curves right, almost to sea level, there's a small dirt parking lot on the left. It adjoins the beach.
From beaches to the east (Jericho Beach, Kitsilano, etc.): go west on 4th Ave., which turns into NW Marine Dr., winding past popular clothed beaches. After you pass Spanish Banks West Beach, you'll see many trees on the right, before uphill stretch of Marine Dr. There, a small parking lot is on the right, adjoining beach.

CRESCENT ROCK BEACH. In south-west Surrey. 6.5 km long: south from Crescent Beach (in south-west Surrey), then east to White Rock. 50-year nude use, though not officially recognized. Use any shore out of sight of trains and hikers. 3 main naturist areas:
-- Most-used part: from Crescent Beach, walk south 10 min.; or from west end of 24th Ave., descend "101 Steps", then south 200 m (just past the giant Crescent Rock Boulder) and around the next point (another 200 m until sand ends and shore is seen from tracks).
-- In Ocean Park area of Surrey, go to west end of 15A Ave.; descend "1001 Steps"; walk north 500 m to "126 mile" railway sign, at many raised beds built above high tide.
-- From White Rock, go south on 140th St. = Nichol Rd. Respect parking rules. Continue to end, Terry Rd., then east 1 block to stairs. Descend to beach, then 1 km west to "124 Mile" marker on tracks, just into Surrey. Use next 1.6 km of beach.
Served by buses 351, 352, C50, C51.
See SURREY'S UNITED NATURISTS (SUN) in NON-LANDED GROUPS section above. sun-assn@hotmail.com

PRIOR LAKE (Long-established nude section). In Thetis Lake Park, near Victoria.

NUDE-FRIENDLY HOT SPRINGS.



CLOTHING OPTIONAL B.C.