Websites built for Tofino's surf, stay, and hospitality businesses.
About forty minutes down the coast from Ucluelet — same shoreline, same short season, still local.
Building for Tofino, West Coast Vancouver Island, BC
Tofino gets searched by people who've never set foot on Vancouver Island, deciding between a dozen open tabs while planning a trip. That means the bar for a first impression is higher here than almost anywhere else on the Island — real photography, fast load times on spotty hotel wifi, and a booking or contact path that doesn't make someone give up and click the next result. A short peak season means a slow site or a missed inquiry costs more here, not less.
Who I build for in Tofino
Surf schools & board rentals
Class schedules and booking that work for someone planning from their phone.
Boutique lodges & B&Bs
Photography-forward design built to convert vacation research into a booking.
Restaurants & cafes
Current hours and a menu that doesn't disappear during your busiest weeks.
Tour & eco-adventure operators
Clear pricing and availability for whale watching, hot springs, and storm watching trips.
Retail & surf shops
A site that looks as sharp as the storefront on Campbell Street.
Why work with someone local
I'm based just down Highway 4 in Ucluelet, so the Tofino–Ucluelet visitor pattern isn't something I have to research — it's the market I already work in. That means I plan for what actually happens here: most visitors decide and book from a phone, traffic spikes hard in summer, and a site that's slow to load loses the booking to whichever competitor loaded first.
Tofino questions
Yes. Your pages are served as static files from a CDN, which helps them handle seasonal traffic without a single origin server becoming a bottleneck. A traffic spike does not add a per-visitor CDN charge to your flat Managed Hosting price. If your site includes live tools like a booking form, those run on managed infrastructure alongside it, and I scope that around your busy season rather than your quietest month.
Yes — that's what the Growth tier is for. The starting price covers the website plus one thing your customers can use, so a booking form that takes reservations fits. Live availability or taking payment is more than one thing, and I quote that after I understand what you need.
Yes. Every site ships with an SEO-ready foundation, and Acuity Local SEO is available on top of it as an ongoing service on any website — at the Starter level a monthly review of your Google Business Profile and your site with exactly what to change, and hands-on changes and keyword research at the higher levels — from $149/month on a 3-month initial commitment. No one can guarantee rankings, and SEO is an ongoing process rather than a one-time switch, but the ongoing work is scoped around how someone actually searches while planning a Tofino trip months ahead, not just who's already nearby.
Where to go next
- What a Tofino website costs →
Every website type with both ways to pay — upfront, or monthly with update time included on Foundation, Growth and Business plans. Managed Hosting is billed separately either way.
- A real project, start to finish →
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- Try a working quote tool →
A live estimator of the kind a Tofino trades or service business would use to turn a browser into a real inquiry.
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