ALMANAC

It’s a science involving reading charts, understanding weather patterns and ocean tides.

It’s also understanding the land and the surrounding waters.

It’s being ocean savvy, and having a willingness for exploration. 

The island is like nowhere else.

It’s cold, stormy and unpredictable.

Surfing here isn’t necessarily hard; you can just roll up to the beach in Tofino like anywhere else and paddle out.

However, finding new and uncrowded, higher quality waves involves a whole lot more.

Long drives, long boat rides, open ocean, and unpredictable weather.

A lot goes into putting a piece like this together.  

Sometimes we’ll travel 9 hours one way and come away with nothing.

But for Reed, it’s the drive for exploration and adventure that keeps him motivated.

ALMANAC
[ awl-muh-nak ]
noun - an annual publication containing a calendar for the coming year, the times of such events and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and other statistical information and related topics.

Filmed and Edited by Drew Austin
Original Sound Track by Vince Vaccaro