Campgrounds and RV parks near Welcome Beach, BC

Welcome Beach is a small residential community on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, a short drive north of Sechelt via Redrooffs Road in the Halfmoon Bay area. The Sunshine Coast is a stretch of mainland coastline in southwestern British Columbia that is accessible only by ferry, boat, or plane, so RV travellers from the Lower Mainland typically ride the BC Ferries route from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale before driving up Highway 101. The camping options near Welcome Beach fall into two groups. Provincial parks operated by BC Parks provide forested, family-oriented sites, while private resorts and marinas around Sechelt and Pender Harbour cater to larger rigs and boaters. Named options in the area include Bayside Campground and RV Park, Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, Roberts Creek Provincial Park, Pender Harbour Resort And Marina, and Bathgate General Store Resort and Marina. Most visitors use Welcome Beach as a quiet base for beach days, paddling on Sechelt Inlet, and short forest walks, with Sechelt's grocery stores and services roughly ten to fifteen minutes away by road.

Provincial park sites go through the BC Parks reservation system at camping.bcparks.ca. BC Parks uses a three-month rolling booking window for reservable campgrounds, meaning bookings generally open three months before the intended arrival date. All campsite, group campsite, and group picnic shelter reservations must be made through the BC Parks system, and when reservations are not available all campsites function as first-come, first-served. Roberts Creek Provincial Park runs differently. The park offers vehicle-accessible campsites on a first-come, first-served basis; campsite reservations are not accepted, and there are 21 gravel sites, one of which is a double site, with no pull-through sites. Private resorts such as Bayside Campground and RV Park, Pender Harbour Resort And Marina, and Bathgate General Store Resort and Marina take reservations directly through their own websites or by phone.