Wards Bay
Overview
Wards Bay
Alligator Pond, Manchester
0.0
Admission
FreeOpening Hours
Always open
Websites
Features
5
Cleanliness rating0
Harassment rating- Parking available
- Pets allowed
- Toilet available
- Changingroom available
- Lifeguard station
- Food & drinks allowed
- Running water available
- Cooking allowed
General
Basic Info
- Name: Ashley Codner
- Organization: Jamaica Environment Trust
- Survey date & time: 16th April, 2019, 6:45pm
- Beach: Wards Bay
- Other names:
- Location: Alligator Pond, Manchester
- Latitude: 17.857828
- Longitude: -77.54029600000001
- Beach length: 250.00 m
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: No
- Fish vending: No
- Commercial activity level: No commercial activity
- Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
- Protected area:
- Opening hours Always open
- Busiest day of the week: Sunday
- Attendance on typical days: Less than 5
- Attendance on busiest days: More than 100
Beach Management
- Beach type: Public beach (government owned, with access to the general public, with or without an entrance fee)
- Property owner: Beach Control Authority
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile: (876) 754-7540
- Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Property manager:
- Manager contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Management arrangement: Unknown
- Community organization:
- Website & social media pages:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees:
- Changing room: No
- Running water: No
- Toilet: No
- Parking: Yes (less than 10 cars)
- Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
- Cooking: Yes
- Pets: Yes
- Facility costs:
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Parties
- Family environment: Yes
Persons often take their family to community events held at the beach. Please note there is no lifeguard on this beach - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often: 3 - 5 times per year
- Party days:
- Weekends only
- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements: None
- Offshore structures:
- None observed
Animals
- Domestic animals: No domestic animals are on the beach.
- Sea turtle nests: No
- Sea turtle poaching: No
- Wild animals:
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 40% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Grasses
- Names of vegetation:
- Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses
- Sargassum issues: 1
Sand
- Sand color: Black
- Sand texture: Fine
- Sand dunes: There are sand dunes 3 to 5 feet with about 90% covered with vegetation.
- Erosion:
- Exposed tree roots
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: No sewage/wastewater management necessary
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: Not sure
- Drainage:
- Not applicable
- Drainage state: [""]
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are no bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 5 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are not cleaned on the beach
- Responsible for garbage: No one
- Garbage management:
- No garbage management
- Garbage collection: