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Overview

Rocky Point

Rocky Point, Clarendon
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Admission

Free

Opening Hours

Always open

Websites

Features

3
Cleanliness rating
0
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:
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  • 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:
    • Website:
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    • Instagram:
  • 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
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