Ocean Island Victoria Guide

Custom clothing, alterations, backpack repairs, clothing repairs, reworking clothing, deconstructing, from the obvious to the bizarre!

Hardware? Marine? This place is has everything from planting pots to air mattress pumps and may just have what you’re looking for.

Sitka’s trendy assortment of skateboards, surfboards, and clothing is quickly becoming the “it” thing. And right in Victoria is the flagship store!

HTO is Canada’s oldest surf shop, established in 1980! This is where you can find all things beach; bathing suits, Frisbees and board shorts. Great place to gear up for surfing, but also very much in the core skate scene too. Very close to Ocean Island!

Need a new tent? Or just feel like sniffing new hiking boots? This two-floor shop is an outdoors enthusiast’s dream. They stock all the main labels: The North Face, Marmot, Mountain Hard wear, Sierra Designs, Columbia, Horny Toad, Kuhl, Asolo, Salomon, Chaco, Teva and on and on and on. Their website has helpful articles on [...]

Canada’s favourite outdoors store has finally expanded to Victoria and we couldn’t be happier. MEC is cool because they offer their own brand of gear at great prices, and they’re a non-profit Canadian organization dedicated to getting people out into nature and encouraging environmental responsibility! However, to buy things you must be a member, which [...]

Roberta knows her hats! This small shop has more hats than you’d think humanly possible: berets, fedoras, panama hats, top hats, even tri-corner pirate hats! “Whether your taste is for the outdoors or the outrageous, you’re sure to find the perfect hat at Roberta’s…”