Port Henderson Beach
Overview
Port Henderson Beach
Portmore, St. Catherine
0.0
Admission
No officially open for business
Opening Hours
10:00am to 10:00pm
Websites
Features
4
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 and Kevin White
- Organization: Jamaica Environment Trust
- Survey date & time: 1st March, 2019, 3:30pm
- Beach: Port Henderson Beach
- Other names: Fun Citi
- Location: Portmore, St. Catherine
- Latitude: 17.953287813240564
- Longitude: -76.86846184597778
- Beach length: 0.00 km
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: No
- Fish vending: No
- Commercial activity level: Low levels of commercial activity (1 - 5 vendors/stalls/business places)
- Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
- Protected area:
- Opening hours 10:00am to 10:00pm
- Busiest day of the week: Sunday
- Attendance on typical days: 5-10
- Attendance on busiest days: 0 - 20
Beach Management
- Beach type: Public beach (government owned, with access to the general public, with or without an entrance fee)
- Property owner: St. Catherine Parish Council
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Property manager: Dr. Ford
- Manager contact
- Name:
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- Management arrangement:
- Community organization:
- Website & social media pages:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees: No officially open for business
- Changing room: No
- Running water: No
- Toilet: No
- Parking: Yes (11 - 50 cars)
- Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
- Cooking: No
- Pets: Yes
- Facility costs:
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Family environment: No
Beach facilities appear to be under renovation and not fully open to the public. Operation management was unclear. - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often:
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- 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: Seagulls
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 40% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Names of vegetation: Almond Tree
Coconut Tree
Palm Tree - Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses
- Sargassum issues: 1
Sand
- Sand color: Dark Brown
- Sand texture: Fine
- Sand dunes: There are sand dunes 3 to 5 feet with about 10% covered with vegetation.
- Erosion: There are no evidence of erosion.
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: Not sure
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: No
- Drainage:
- Not applicable
- Drainage state: [""]
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are no bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 4 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are not cleaned on the beach
- Responsible for garbage: Beach Manager Staff/Caretaker
- Garbage management:
- Not sure
- Garbage collection: