Ocean Island Victoria Guide

A hip downtown store that sells clothing, skateboards and gear, spray paint and more. The companies that fall under our Higher Ground family umbrella are Concyse Clothing, Instrumental Skateboards, Incite Screenprinting & Promotion, Dobell Sign & Design, Art4Life Tattoos and Confusion Media. Higher Ground Clothing is located in Odeon Alley, just off Yates St.

Ocean River Sports is more than just a store: it’s a complete paddlesports and outdoors centre in downtown Victoria, encompassing an outstanding retail store, online store, kayak school, kayak touring centre, rental facilities and dock, workshop, kayak museum, boat storage facility and performance paddling club. A pioneer in the paddlesports industry and one of the [...]

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!

This specialty sporting goods store has a wide variety of supplies to meet your needs. Their website also has some very helpful checklists for outdoor activities such as camping, backpacking, and paddling etc.

Victoria’s sport fishing superstore can set you up no matter what your outdoor plans are. See them for charters and hunting supplies too.