Secret Beaches of Central Vancouver Island by Theo Dombrowski

Author:Theo Dombrowski [Dombrowski, Theo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-926936-62-8
Publisher: Heritage House
Published: 2011-05-15T16:00:00+00:00

42

Lazo Road

Roadside access to park benches amid dunes, and a long curving shore of sandy upper beach and gravelly lower beach.

Location, signs and parking From Comox Avenue in central Comox, follow the directions for the Andrew Road entry (43), except stay on Lazo Road until it drops parallel to and immediately beside the shore. You will see a gravel parking area for half a dozen cars and two signs. Planning a beach-fire encounter session? Go elsewhere. No fires are allowed here. One of the signs reminds you not to consume alcohol, though, of course, that prohibition applies to all public places.

Path Only a few metres separate the parking lot from the beach, but for some people, these can be a tricky few metres. The loose sand track can be little slip-slidey as it drops down a short, though considerable, slope through the dune and mounds of beach logs. The roadside area of dunes, thick with beach grass, is also dotted with several park benches. Those who have walking difficulties might prefer to find the perfect viewing and gourmandizing spot on one of these benches rather than the beach.

Beach This access brings you more or less to the centre of the 3-km-long beach between Cape Lazo and Willemar Bluffs. Like most of the beach, the large area at the beginning of this section is dry sand and beach logs. Visitors have created some teetering stacks of logs leaning on each other—fun to look at, but perhaps dangerously unstable. This upper beach area is exactly the kind of place most visitors will find perfect for laying out their full arsenal of beach paraphernalia. At low tide, swimmers or waders will have to cross a band of small, rounded rocks to get to the water, though this band is narrower here than immediately to the north. To the south, at extremely low tides, a section of low-tide sand emerges from the wavelets.

Suitability for children This is a great beach for children who love to push around piles of soft sand and decorate them with seashells and seaweed—though remember that on a hot day, this sand can sear little feet, so tote along flip-flops or crocs. The beach is not quite so perfect for riding inflatable hammerheads and crocodiles, except perhaps at high tide, when the rocks are mostly submerged. If there is a northwest breeze, too, note that it can gust offshore, taking a bobbing child with it.

Suitability for groups Of the various spots along this long beach suitable for groups, this one is probably second-best for groups. Although this spot lacks the facilities of Point Holme, to the northeast along Lazo Road, it does have plenty of parking for several cars and a wide strip of public land on either side of the access track. If your pack of picnickers is happy to sit in the sand or lean against logs, they will find plenty of space to enjoy themselves.

View Because the shore dips in slightly here, you cannot see the full sweep of the beach as you can at some other access spots to the south.

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