Lyssons Beach
General
Basic Info
- Name: Jaedon Lawe
- Organization: Yardie Environmental Conservationists Ltd
- Survey date & time: 31st January, 2019, 9:30pm
- Beach: Lyssons Beach
- Other names:
- Location: Morant Bay, St. Thomas
- Latitude: 17.878671347318217
- Longitude: -76.38961450706256
- Beach length: 1.00 km
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: No
- Fish vending: No
- Commercial activity level: No commercial activity
- Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
- Protected area:
- Opening hours 7:00am to 7:00pm
- Busiest day of the week: Sunday
- Attendance on typical days: 21 -50
- 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: Commissioner of Lands leased to Tourism Product Development Company
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone: (876) 750-5263
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Property manager: Stone Plus Limited
- Manager contact
- Name: Dwight Francis, Monique Francis
- Phone: (876) 790-8808
- Mobile: (876) 382-3930
- Email:
- Management arrangement:
- Community organization:
- Website & social media pages:
- Website: http://www.lyssonsbeach.com
- Facebook:
- Twitter:
- Instagram:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees:
- Changing room: Yes
- Running water: Yes
- Toilet: Yes
- Parking: Yes (11 - 50 cars)
- Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
- Cooking: Yes
- Pets: Not sure
- Facility costs: Parking fee: JM$200
Shower/toilets: JM$200Gazebos: $5,000.00
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Parties
- Non-motorized watersports
- Land-based sport (football, volleyball, etc.)
- Family environment: Yes
The beach caters to families;life guards are present, and the water is shallow - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often: 2 - 3 times every month
- Party days:
- Weekends only
- Public Holidays
- 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 60% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Grasses
- Shrubs
- Names of vegetation:
- Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses 4
- Sargassum issues: 6
Sand
- Sand color: Light Brown
- Sand texture: Fine
- Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
- Erosion: There are no evidence of erosion.
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: Soak-away pit
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: Yes
- Drainage:
- Drain
- Drainage state: The drains does not appear to be polluted.
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are 12 bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 5 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are not cleaned on the beach
- Responsible for garbage: Beach Manager Staff/Caretaker
- Garbage management:
- Garbage collection by NSWMA
- Garbage collection: More than once per week