Bob Marley Beach
General
Basic Info
- Name: Ashley Codner/Kevin White
- Organization: Jamaica Environment Trust
- Survey date & time: 1st March, 2019, 5:30pm
- Beach: Bob Marley Beach
- Other names: Top Beach
- Location: Bull Bay, St. Andrew
- Latitude: 17.93594
- Longitude: -76.66109699999998
- Beach length: 0.00 km
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: Yes
- Fish vending: Yes
- Commercial activity level: Low levels of commercial activity (1 - 5 vendors/stalls/business places)
- Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
- Protected area:
- Opening hours Always open
- Busiest day of the week: Sunday
- Attendance on typical days: More than 100
- 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:
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Property manager:
- Manager contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Management arrangement:
- Community organization: Sugar Loaf Nyabinhi Village - Vince Thomas 876-571-6598, 876-452-5824
- Website & social media pages:
- Website:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bobmarleybeach/
- 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: Yes
- Facility costs: Toilet: $50.00
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Fishing
- Boat repair/storage
- Restaurants
- Parties
- Vending (food)
- Surfing
- Land-based sport (football, volleyball, etc.)
- Family environment: Yes
Visitors are not harassed. Long stretch of beach with privacy. - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: No
- Parties:
- How often: Once or twice per year
- Party days:
- Public Holidays
- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements: 3
- Offshore structures:
- None observed
Animals
- Domestic animals: Cats
- Sea turtle nests: Yes
- Sea turtle poaching: Yes
- Wild animals: Seagulls Pelicans
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 60% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Names of vegetation: Almond tree
Lignum Vitae Tree
Sweet Sop Tree
Guinep tree - Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses
- Sargassum issues: 1
Sand
- Sand color: Grey
- Sand texture: Mixed - coarse and gravel
- Sand dunes: There are sand dunes 3 - 5 feet with about 50% covered with vegetation.
- Erosion: There are no evidence of erosion.
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: Soak-away pit
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: No
- Drainage:
- Not applicable
- Drainage state: [""]
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are 5 bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 5 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are cleaned on the beach/ in the water and fish waste is left in the environment
- Responsible for garbage: Community member(s)
- Garbage management:
- Garbage is burnt in the open
- Plastics separated for recycling
- Garbage collection: