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Overview

Maiden Cay

Port Royal, Kingston
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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: Zachary Banbury
  • Organization: Jamaica Environment Trust
  • Survey date & time: 27th February, 2019, 5:00am
  • Beach: Maiden Cay
  • Other names:
  • Location: Port Royal, Kingston
  • Latitude: 17.908877591011006
  • Longitude: -76.810310126059
  • Beach length: 290.00 ft

Beach Basics

  • Fishing beach: No
  • Fish vending: No
  • Commercial activity level: No commercial activity
  • Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
  • Protected area: Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area
  • Opening hours
    Always open
  • Busiest day of the week: Sunday
  • Attendance on typical days: 5-10
  • Attendance on busiest days: 51 - 100

Beach Management

  • Beach type: Public beach (government owned, with access to the general public, with or without an entrance fee)
  • Property owner: Tourism Product Development Company
  • Owner contact
    • Name:
    • Phone: (876) 968-3441
    • Mobile:
    • Email:
  • Property manager:
  • Manager contact
    • Name:
    • Phone:
    • Mobile:
    • Email:
  • Management arrangement:
  • Community organization:
  • Website & social media pages:
    • Website:
    • Facebook:
    • Twitter:
    • Instagram:
  • Permits:

Features

Fees & Facilities

  • Entrance fees:
  • Changing room: No
  • Running water: No
  • Toilet: No
  • Parking: No parking
  • Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
  • Cooking: Yes
  • Pets: Yes
  • Facility costs:

Activities & Behaviour

  • Activities:
    • Swimming
    • Leisure boats/yachts (drop anchor/moorings/dock/tie up)
    • Parties
    • Motorized watersports

  • Family environment: No
    There are no lifeguards or bathroom facilities
  • Alcohol: Yes
  • Smoking: Yes
  • Parties:
    • How often: Once or twice per year
    • Party days:
      • Weekdays only
  • 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: Not sure
  • Sea turtle poaching: No
  • Wild animals: Crabs

Vegetation

  • vagetation coverage: About 10% coverage
  • Categories of vegetation:
    • Other
  • Names of vegetation:
    No vegetation cover
  • Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
  • Seagrasses
  • Sargassum issues: 3

Sand

  • Sand color: White
  • Sand texture: Coarse
  • Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
  • Erosion:
    • Other

Utilities

Water Management

  • Sewage & wastewater:
    No sewage/wastewater management necessary
  • Sea pollution:
  • Water monitoring: Not sure
  • Drainage:
    • Not applicable
  • Drainage state: [""]

Waste Management

  • Garbage bins: There are no bins available.
  • Cleanliness: Scored 3 out of 5 for cleanliness.
  • Fish cleaning: Fish are not cleaned on the beach
  • Responsible for garbage: Not sure
  • Garbage management:
    • No garbage management
  • Garbage collection:
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