Stock photo: Cox Bay Pacific Ocean Clayquot Sound West Coast Vancouver Island British Columbia Canada

Stock photo of the stormy waters of the Pacific ocean as seen from Cox Bay, a transition area of the Clayquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

This stock photo shows the stormy waters of the Pacific Ocean seen from the beach at Cox Bay, a transition area of the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, West Coast, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. You see the sandy beach in the foreground, then four rows of waves crashing toward the beach. Behind them a line of trees is seen along the coastline with a hazy sky above. Cox Bay is a smaller sandy beach that is accessed only from a short walking trail or by a kayak. The trail starts from a parking lot at a resort, just north of the Pacific Rim Park. The trail leads you through a forested area before heading down to the sandy beach of Cox Bay. The bay is a covered in white sand and piled high with smooth driftwood logs. The beach is a good size beach with plenty of beach to find your own space of paradise. The tree line backing Cox Bay is bent backwards from the force of the winds and rain kicked up during many of the west coast storms the bay must face every year in the winter seasons. The Cox Bay beach area is fronting open ocean waters, with no immediate offshore islands breaking the impact of the incoming waves so waves can be large with a strong under-tow. It is a safe guess that Cox Bay is a popular beach for surfers and bogey boards because of the large waves