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Smuggler Cove Marine Park

49.5151° N, 123.9588° W

Smuggler Cove Marine Park, British Columbia. 49.5151° N, 123.9588° W

Provincial park, 1.85 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/smuggler-cove-marine-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.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
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Smuggler Cove Marine Park is a 1.85 km² provincial park 1.1 km southwest of Secret Cove, in British Columbia. It was established in 1971.

Area
1.85 km²
Established
1971

Conditions today

13.6 °C

Wind SE 11 km/h

Observed at Sechelt, as of 2:00 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 2:00 a.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:56 a.m.
Sunrise
7:28 a.m.
Sunset
6:37 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:09 p.m.
Moonrise
6:27 a.m.
Moonset
5:57 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

2 low risk

Nanaimo / Parksville, as of 2:00 a.m. PDT

Things to do

Activities

  • Canoeing
  • Fishing
  • Hiking
  • Kayaking
  • Pets on leash
  • Scuba diving
  • Swimming

Facilities

  • Accessibility information
  • Mooring buoy
  • Pit or flush toilets

As listed by the park’s official page.

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

Photos

Smuggler Cove Marine Provincial Park 02
Photo: Natulive Canada, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Smuggler Cove Marine Provincial Park 03
Photo: Natulive Canada, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Smuggler Cove Marine Provincial Park 04
Photo: Natulive Canada, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons