Rocky Point
Overview
Rocky Point
Rocky Point, Clarendon
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Admission
FreeOpening Hours
Always open
Websites
Features
3
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: D. Brandon Hay
- Organization: Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation
- Survey date & time: 15th January, 2019, 4:35pm
- Beach: Rocky Point
- Other names: White Sand Beach
- Location: Rocky Point, Clarendon
- Latitude: 17.771746722806824
- Longitude: -77.26603583432387
- Beach length: 900.00 m
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: Yes
- Fish vending: Yes
- Commercial activity level: High levels of commercial activity
- Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
- Protected area: Portland Bight Protected Area
- Opening hours Always open
- Busiest day of the week: Saturday
- Attendance on typical days: More than 100
- Attendance on busiest days: More than 100
Beach Management
- Beach type: Fishing Beach, i.e. designated by government as one where fishers can bring in the catch and boats
- Property owner:
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Property manager: Rocky Point Development Council Benevolent Society
- Manager contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Management arrangement: Unknown
- Community organization: Rocky Point Development Council Benevolent Society
- Website & social media pages:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees:
- Changing room: No
- Running water: Yes
- Toilet: No
- Parking: Yes (more than 50 cars)
- Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
- Cooking: Yes
- Pets: Yes
- Facility costs: Undesignated areas for parking
Some restaurants have bathrooms for customers
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Fishing
- Boat repair/storage
- Restaurants
- Bars
- Parties
- Vending (food)
- Family environment: No
There are people at the fishing beach and restaurant areas but the rest of beach where people prefer to swim can be lonely and there is no lifeguard. - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often: Once or twice per year
- Party days:
- Public Holidays
- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements:
- Offshore structures:
- Stone revetment
Animals
- Domestic animals: Dogs
Cats
Goats
Pigs - Sea turtle nests: Not sure
- Sea turtle poaching: No
- Wild animals: Seagulls Terns
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 30% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Grasses
- Mangroves
- Names of vegetation: Sesuvium
Coconut Trees
Seaside Mahoe - Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses
- Sargassum issues: 3
Sand
- Sand color: White
- Sand texture: Fine
- Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
- Erosion:
- Damaged hard structures (sea walls, groynes, etc.)
- Other
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: Soak-away pit
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: Yes
- Drainage:
- Gully
- Drainage state: ["Garbage","Foul odor\/smell","Algal bloom(s)"]
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are 5 bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 3 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are cleaned in an enclosed area on the beach and the fish waste is dumped in the environment
- Responsible for garbage: NSWMA/Parish Council Staff
- Garbage management:
- Garbage collection by NSWMA
- Garbage collection by private waste haulage contractor
- Garbage is burnt in the open
- Garbage collection: Once per week