Lime Cay
Overview
Lime Cay
Port Royal, Kingston
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Admission
Cost of boat ride: JM$1,500.00 (return trip)
Opening Hours
Always open
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: Zachary Banbury
- Organization: Jamaica Environment Trust
- Survey date & time: 26th January, 2019, 3:30pm
- Beach: Lime Cay
- Other names:
- Location: Port Royal, Kingston
- Latitude: 17.918449601298153
- Longitude: -76.81971572908327
- Beach length: 530.00 ft
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: No
- Fish vending: No
- Commercial activity level: No commercial activity
- Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
- Protected area: Palisadoes-Protected Area
- Opening hours Always open
- Busiest day of the week: Sunday
- Attendance on typical days: 5-10
- 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: Tourism Product Development Company Limited
- Owner contact
- Name: Tourism Product Development Company Limited
- Phone: (876) 968-3441
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Property manager: YNOT Lime Cay Tours
- Manager contact
- Name: Conrad "Connie" Black
- Phone:
- Mobile: (876) 391-1737
- Email:
- Management arrangement: Informal arrangement
- Community organization:
- Website & social media pages:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees: Cost of boat ride: JM$1,500.00 (return trip)
- 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)
- Land-based sport (football, volleyball, etc.)
- Other
Scuba Diving by Yardie Divers
Photo shoots - Family environment: Yes
Natural setting and safe*, despite the lack of facilities on the cay. *maybe not for very young children - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often: 3 - 5 times per year
- 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: Yes
- Sea turtle poaching: No
- Wild animals: Ground lizards Rats Birds - waders, herons, seagulls, pelicans
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 60% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Beach vines
- Trees
- Grasses
- Shrubs
- Mangroves
- Names of vegetation: Pine trees
Mangrove
Ground vines with pink flower
Poinciana Tree - Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses 5
- Sargassum issues: 5
Sand
- Sand color: White
- Sand texture: Fine
- Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
- Erosion:
- Exposed tree roots
- Other
- Buildings and/or other permanent structures are below or within 2 - 3 feet of the high tide mark
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: No sewage/wastewater management necessary
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: Yes
- Drainage:
- Not applicable
- Drainage state: [""]
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: YNOY Lime Cay Tour
- Garbage management:
- Garbage collection by private waste haulage contractor
- Garbage collection: Once every two to three weeks