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Porpoise Bay Park

49.5068° N, 123.7484° W

Porpoise Bay Park, British Columbia. 49.5068° N, 123.7484° W

Provincial park, 0.61 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/porpoise-bay-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

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  • BC Parks protected areas, BC Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
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Porpoise Bay Park is a 0.61 km² provincial park 4.2 km north of Selma Park, in British Columbia. It was established in 1971.

Area
0.61 km²
Established
1971

Conditions today

13.8 °C

Wind ESE 10 km/h

Observed at Sechelt, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy this evening then rain. Fog patches near the coast this evening. Wind becoming southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 except gusting to 70 near the Strait of Georgia overnight. Low 12.

Weather: Sechelt (local forecast), as of 12:03 a.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:55 a.m.
Sunrise
7:27 a.m.
Sunset
6:36 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:08 p.m.
Moonrise
6:26 a.m.
Moonset
5:56 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Nanaimo / Parksville, as of 11:00 p.m. PDT Thursday

Things to do

Activities

  • Canoeing
  • Cycling
  • Fishing
  • Hiking
  • Kayaking
  • Pets on leash
  • Swimming

Camping

  • Frontcountry camping
  • Group camping
  • Walk-in camping
  • Winter camping

Facilities

  • Accessibility information
  • Campfires
  • Drinking water
  • Picnic areas
  • Picnic shelters
  • Pit or flush toilets
  • Playground
  • Showers

As listed by the park’s official page. Book a campsite

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Class A
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Government of British Columbia
Official website
bcparks.ca
Reservations
camping.bcparks.ca

Photos

Porpoise Bay Provincial Campground (4913966831)
Photo: Ken McMillan from Sechelt, BC, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Porpoise Bay Fog 5 (12208579103)
Photo: Ken McMillan from Sechelt, BC, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Porpoise Bay Fog 4 (12208582453)
Photo: Ken McMillan from Sechelt, BC, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons