I'm a west coast Canadian who has spend ten years off and on surfing on Vancouver Island, which has grown exponentially more expensive and busy during that time. I'm also 40 now and throwing on a wet wetsuit on a cold late fall / early spring morning is just not as exciting as it once was

I've been doing some research now of places I'd like to check out, surf and explore in alignment with my values and have a few considerations to weigh. If anyone could point me in a helpful direction that'd be great; otherwise I could go down that rabbit hole here?