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Wreck Beach is one of the largest officially clothing optional beaches in the world. It is part of Pacific Spirit Regional Park, which is in turn part of the University Endowment Lands just west of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. more...

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The clothing optional section is clearly marked with signs and stretches approximately 6.5 km from Acadia Beach in the north, down to the Booming Grounds Creek on the north arm of the Fraser River. The park is administered by the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD), though aboriginal claims are repeatedly asserted.

Acadia Beach - Tower Beach - Point Grey

The shoreline throughout this section of Wreck Beach is mainly rocky with some sandy stretches and there are fewer beach goers here. An area is provided for owners to have their dogs off leash. During the smelt season, naturists share this area with clothed fishers and their families. Smelt fishing is typically prohibited from the middle of June to the middle of August.

Acadia Beach is short walk down a gentle slope from the parking lot on Marine Drive. There is a grassy area here with several picnic tables. Tower Beach is at the end of the much longer Trail 3 and Point Grey is near the steeper Trail 4. There is no place to park by either Trail 3 or 4. All of Wreck Beach is connected and it is possible to walk from one area to another. However, if the tide is too high, access can be limited.

Along Tower Beach are two tall concrete searchlight towers that are relics from World War II. Just south of these towers is Point Grey, called Ulksen in the local Salish language.

Along with lush vegetation, various forms of wildlife can also be seen, including nesting herons, sea lions, kingfishers, and occasionally, bald eagles.

Wreck Beach proper

While the entire beach within Pacific Spirit Regional Park, clear around Point Grey, is often referred to as Wreck Beach, the large sandy area on the north side of the North Arm Breakwater at the base of Trail 6 is what most think of when they talk about Wreck Beach. The trail is the most developed of the trails down the bluff and consists of approximately 400 wooden steps. This section of the beach is the most heavily used. Here, black market vendors sell clothing, drinks, snacks, sunscreen, as well as alcoholic beverages and marijuana.

Nudity is optional throughout Wreck Beach; however, regular beach-goers consider it good etiquette to join the unclothed rather than just observe them. Additionally, due to Wreck Beach's proximity to the University of British Columbia, many students, most of whom are not nudists, can be found at Wreck Beach. In recent years many beach users have objected, on both privacy and environmental grounds, to the University's plans to erect new buildings partially overlooking the beach.

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