A Place by the Sea Bed and Breakfast is centrally located. We are anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes away from a great selection of restaurants, cozy cafes and pubs including fresh seafood, Greek, Italian, Thai, Japanese, Vegetarian, and more! We keep a selection of restaurant menus in your suite and will be happy to assist our guests find just the right dining experience for you!

The following menus are a sample of quality local dining establishments:

Magellan's Waterfront Restaurant
Daphne Restaurant | Spence on the Coast
Rockwater Secret Cove Resort

Don’t feel like dining out? A Place by the Sea offers a Gas Barbeque for guest use. Barbeque your favorite dish while overlooking the ocean!

Then relax on your private deck while listening to soft music, candlelight, watching the sun set.. ahhhhhh……

The Sunshine Coast is a kayaker’s paradise! Accommodation at A Place by the Sea from May 1st – September 30th includes complimentary Kayak Rentals for our guests!! With our own private fleet of Sea Kayaks, A Place by the Sea is proud to be the only Sunshine Coast BC Accommodation offering all-inclusive kayaking, right from our beach! Our kayaks are very stable, require no great athletic ability and are great fun for the recreational kayaker looking for a few hours of adventure on the water! View our kayak page for more details

There are hundreds of excellent hikes of all levels to be enjoyed from one end of the Coast to the other. Walk leisurely through old growth forest paths or along spectacular ocean beaches. Hikers will find many options for forest and mountain explorations with countless kilometers of trails. Some popular destinations include the Famous Skookumchuck Provincial Park to view the Skookumchuck Narrows, Francis Point Marine Park, Mount Daniel, Smuggle Cove Marine Park, Sargeant Bay Provincial Park, and so much more. Upon arrival at A Place by the Sea, our guests are provided with detailed Sunshine Coast Recreation Maps which show the hundreds of hikes/walks the coast has to offer. We’ll help find the right hike for you!

The BC Sunshine Coast is riddled with biking trails and remote logging roads and trails that make for fantastic mountain biking. Available to our guests are maps and trail information for several great Sunshine Coast biking routes. On the Edge Biking Store, just minutes from A Place by the Sea, offers Mountain Bike Rentals and guided cycling tours.

About a 30 to 40 minute drive from A Place by the Sea, Malaspina Ranch in Pender Harbour offers Horseback Riding trips throughout the year. Sturdy trail horses take riders of all levels to mountainous elevations of up to 1,800 feet. From these heights, equestrians get spectacular views of the ocean, the Caren Mountain Range, Mount Daniel and Pender Harbour. Excursions last up to about 2 hours at a walk, trot or canter. Rates: $60 per person. To book a trail ride at Malaspina Ranch, please call 604-883-1126.

Alpha Adventures offers superb winter tours on the Sunshine Coast . Explore the Sunshine Coast in Winter! You will find outstanding areas for snow-shoeing and ski touring, including a back country hut network.

GUIDED SNOWSHOE TOURS:

Join us for an amazing trip up to the Dakota Mountain Range. This area offers a wide range of terrain for all ability levels. With fantastic views of the ocean and Vancouver Island this 2.5 hour tour will allow you to experience the incredible magic of winter. Price includes snowshoe rentals, guiding, 4 X 4 transport and a hot cocoa during the tour.

NEW! AIRBOARD /SNOWSHOE TOURS:

The AIRBOARD is a new high-tech winter sport item from Switzerland. It is a lightweight inflatable sled - the boogie board for snow. This incredible racing sled allows riding off normal ski trails and through the powder. It's steered by shifting the body weight from one side to the other (very easy and a great deal of fun). It gives you a wild feeling of flying breathtakingly close to the snow. Shocks that occur when riding are absorbed by the elasticity of the board.

We use AIRBOARDS for our combined snowshoe/ AIRBOARD tours. We simply snowshoe up and after a short break we replace the snowshoes with AIRBOARDS - AIRBOARD descents through the snowy slopes are always unforgettable. This half day tour includes snowshoe / AIRBOARD rental, guiding & instruction, 4 X 4 transport and hot cocoa / snacks during the tour.

STARLIGHT & FONDUE SNOWSHOE TOURS:

Join us for an amazing evening under the stars and on the snow. The evening air literally sparkles as we head out for a 2 hour snowshoe tour. We finish things off with a special chocolate fondue treat. Price includes snowshoe rentals, headlamps, guiding, 4 X 4 transport and a hot chocolate fondue during the tour.

THE SNOWSHOE DAY EXPLORER:

We head to the frozen lakes and rolling ridges of the Tetrahedron Plateau for this guided full day tour (4-5 hours on snow) Spectacular snow and rustic cabins are all a part of this outstanding winter adventure. Price includes snowshoe rentals, guiding, 4 X 4 transport and hot cocoa and snack during the tour.

Golf on the BC Sunshine Coast is an amazing experience. Towering firs and cedars line courses overlooking beautiful ocean vistas and breathtaking mountain ranges. Rolling hills and sloping greens make for challenging play. There are 3 main golf courses on the lower Sunshine Coast.

SECHELT GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB:
is located on a plateau above the town of Sechelt and is less than a 5 minute drive from A Place by the Sea! Sechelt Golf & Country Club has something for everyone. This public golf course measures 6553 yards from the back tees. It has generous fairways and a links style design on the front nine, while the back combines water, trees and proper shot making for a true enjoyable round of golf. Open for play 12 months of the year, the facility also boasts a covered and lit 18 stall driving range. The practice area includes a practice bunker, putting green, chipping green and a grass teed area especially for golf instruction. The course is easily walkable, however one can rent a power or pull car. Sechelt Golf and Country Club toll free phone number: 1.800.882.6177.

SUNSHINE COAST GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB:
is located in Roberts Creek and is just a 15 minute drive from A Place by the Sea! A stunning 18-hole layout of scenic and challenging golf, the rolling fairways are well-groomed and cut through a forest of towering evergreens. Situated in a picturesque natural setting of rolling terrain, stunning ocean views and mountain backdrops, Sunshine Coast Golf & Country club offers year round golf with serenely peaceful playing conditions, enhanced by the area’s abundant wildlife. Golf here and you will be spoiled for a long time to come. Sunshine Coast Golf and Country Club toll free phone number: 1.800.667.5022

PENDER HARBOUR GOLF CLUB:
Established in 1986 as a 9-hole course open to the public, Pender Harbour is carved from dense Sunshine Coast forest providing a unique and challenging blend of gently rolling and hilly fairways. Water hazards are scattered strategically throughout the course; the fairways are narrow but not overly demanding; the greens and tee boxes are elevated allowing wonderful views of the surrounding mountains and breathtaking scenery. Pender Harbour is worth playing for the 4th hole alone. From the championship tees, it requires an uphill tee shot of 230 yards to reach the crest. From there, the green lies a full 250-yards away. The views are as spectacular as the occasional pars. Pender Harbour Golf Club toll free phone number: 1.877.887.9541.

The BC Sunshine Coast is rated one of the world's top places for cold water recreational diving! The waters offer incredible visibility year round, crystal clean unpolluted waters, colourful and abundant marine life, all weather diving with sheltered waters, dive sites for all levels of diving experience, shore and boat dives, and the HMCS Chaudire Artificial Reef Site.

POPULAR DIVING LOCATIONS ON THE SUNSHINE COAST:

BOAT ACCESS:

Georgia Strait Side:

• White Islets: large barren rocks whose underside are covered with sea life and resident octopus, often seals and sea lions for dive buddies
• Trail Islands: easy wall dives, octopus, beautiful underwater gardens
• Agamemnon Channel: pristine waters, deeps walls with gorgonian red corals

Sechelt Inlet Side:

• Skookumchuk Narrows: most sought after drift dive on the coast, abundant sea life due to high tidal exchange. This dive only available during slack tides
• Tzoonie Narrows: almost always diveable, similar to Skookumchuk
• HMS Chaudiere: artificial reef, 350' destroyer sunk in 1992, approaching 10 years of marine growth, huge resident ling cods (see web site on our links)
• Carlson Point: deeps walls and ledges, known for nudibranchs, octopus and wolf eel
• Piper Point: wall dive, huge plumose anemones, octopus and wolf eel
• Power Lines: deeps walls and ledges, beautiful dive, octopus, wolf eel, cloud sponges and a number of six:gill shark sightings (unknown before)

SHORE DIVES

• Trail Bay: off beach in front of Sechelt, treasure hunt for antique bottles, china and general collectibles from Union Steamship Dock days, fun and easy
• Coopers Green: easy entry, diver friendly park, lots of nudibranch, wolf eel, anemones and resident octopus
• Martin's Cove: secluded cove with deep wall, beautiful sea life with wolf eel, octopus and nudibranchs
• Tuwanek: small island close to shore, mix of walls and small reefs, wolf eels, lots of anemones and sea life

INTERESTED IN DIVING? WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND:

SUNCOAST DIVING
5643 Warf Street
Sechelt, BC V0N 3A3
toll free: 1.866.740.8006

West Coast Air offers sightseeing flight tours in float planes. Experience the breathtaking scenery of Coastal British Columbia from the sky!

The Sechelt Scenic Tour:

Fly over the Skookumchuk Narrows and see the rapids boiling through a narrow passage and draining the Inlet with its tidal waters. See wildlife and nature at its most spectacular moments. Rounding the corner into Pender Harbour we pass over the deepest water on the West Coast, the Agamemmon Channel. You’ll fly over Ruby and Sakinaw Lakes and on the return see the west side of Sechelt Peninsula, taking in the beautiful aerial view of Garden Bay.

Duration:
30 minutes with a 20 minute flight.

Price:
$99.00 /person +GST

Note:
Passengers may be combined with others on the same tour

West Coast Airlines is located down the shoreline from A Place by the Sea and is just a few minutes drive. For more information on Scenic Air Tours, contact Pacific Wings Airlines toll free at: 1-866-885-2111.

The Sunshine Coast offers back country Cross-country skiing. The best winter recreation is near Sechelt, where you'll find 12 miles (20 km) of well-developed cross-country ski trails on Mount Steele in Tetrahedron Provincial Park. The Tetrahedron Ski Club built the trails as well as the four sturdy, twelve- person, first-come-first-snooze cabins that lie at a variety of locations throughout the park. Cabins with wood-burning stoves are located at Batchelor Lake, Edwards Lake, McNair Lake, and near the summit of Mount Steele. All but the expert 3.8-mile (6.2-km) return trail to Mount Steele are rated as intermediate runs.

The Dakota Ridge back country is a favorite of locals in winter. This high plateau has abundant snow for cross-country skiing with telemark routes on the north side of the bowl at the ridge. The Dakota Ridge offers spectacular viewpoints of Vancouver Island, North Shore Mountains and Mount Baker.