Innes Bay Beach
General
Basic Info
- Name: Francine Cousins
- Organization: Alligator Head Foundation
- Survey date & time: 25th January, 2019, 5:45am
- Beach: Innes Bay Beach
- Other names:
- Location: Port Antonio, Portland
- Latitude: 18.176871004555274
- Longitude: -76.4080144983559
- Beach length: 1.50 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 9:00am to 5:00pm
- Busiest day of the week: Not sure
- Attendance on typical days: Not sure
- Attendance on busiest days: Not sure
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
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile: (876) 750-5263
- Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Property manager: Terry Darnell
- Manager contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile: (876) 370-8399
- Email:
- Management arrangement: Lease or other similar contract
- Community organization:
- Website & social media pages:
- Website: https://innisbaybeachclub.com
- Facebook:
- Twitter:
- Instagram:
- Permits: Beach is to be used as a bathing beach restaurant and bar
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: No
- Pets: Not sure
- Facility costs: Chairs
Tables
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Restaurants
- Bars
- Parties
- Water-themed amusement rides (e.g. water slide, inflatable obstacle course, trampoline)
- Family environment: Yes
The facility is good and people are friendly. - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: No
- Parties:
- How often: 6 - 11 times per year
- Party days:
- All days
- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements: None
- Offshore structures:
- Seawall
Animals
- Domestic animals: No domestic animals are on the beach.
- Sea turtle nests: Not sure
- Sea turtle poaching: Not sure
- Wild animals:
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 70% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Grasses
- Names of vegetation: Coconut Trees
Palm trees
Sea Cotton
Almond
Seaside Morning Glory
Duppy Soursop - Vegetation clearing: Not sure if vegetation is being cleared.
- Seagrasses 4
- Sargassum issues: 10
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: Not sure
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: Not sure
- Drainage:
- River
- Drainage state: The drains does not appear to be polluted.
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are 3 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:
- Garbage collection by NSWMA
- Garbage collection by private waste haulage contractor
- Garbage collection: Once every two to three weeks