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.

And because Cox Bay does not get all the hoopla as some of the other more popular sandy beaches in the Pacific Rim area receive - it tends to be a quieter beach with less people. Except when events are held like Surf Jam, then the beach is very busy. But, normally, Cox Bay does draw people wishing to relax and read a book or take the family out for a day of beach combing without all the distractions of other people being around.

How to get to Cox Bay: There is some parking available but on some days it is very limited. Located at the end of the Pacific Sands Beach Resort Road.