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Overview

Bulls Bay

Lucea, Hanover
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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: Kerel Samuels
  • Organization: Maryland All Age School
  • Survey date & time: 2nd January, 2019, 5:00am
  • Beach: Bulls Bay
  • Other names:
  • Location: Lucea, Hanover
  • Latitude: 18.4460703
  • Longitude: -78.22223450000001
  • Beach length: 1.00 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
    Always open
  • Busiest day of the week: Sunday
  • Attendance on typical days: 51-100
  • 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: Hanover Municipal Corporation
  • Owner contact
    • Name: David Gardner
    • Phone: (876) 956-2305
    • Mobile:
    • Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Property manager: Hanover Municipal Corporation
  • Manager contact
    • Name:
    • Phone:
    • Mobile: (876) 619-2236
    • Email:
  • Management arrangement:
    Not sure
  • 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: Yes (11 - 50 cars)
  • Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
  • Cooking: Yes
  • Pets: Yes
  • Facility costs:

Activities & Behaviour

  • Activities:
    • Swimming
    • Parties
    • Vending (food)
    • Land-based sport (football, volleyball, etc.)

  • Family environment: Yes
    No illegal activities observed or reported
  • Alcohol: Yes
  • Smoking: Yes
  • Parties:
    • How often: 3 - 5 times per year
    • Party days:
      • Public Holidays
  • Harassment level: 0
  • Illegal activities: None

Environment

Structures & Dwellings

  • Settlements: None
  • Offshore structures:
    • Seawall

Animals

  • Domestic animals:
    Dogs
  • Sea turtle nests: Not sure
  • Sea turtle poaching: No
  • Wild animals: Crabs

Vegetation

  • vagetation coverage: About 50% coverage
  • Categories of vegetation:
    • Trees
  • Names of vegetation:
    Sea Grapes
    Almond Tree
    Noni Tree
  • Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
  • Seagrasses
  • Sargassum issues: 2

Sand

  • Sand color: Light Brown
  • Sand texture: Fine
  • Sand dunes: There are sand dunes less than 3 feet with about 10% covered with vegetation.
  • Erosion:
    • Damaged hard structures (sea walls, groynes, etc.)

Utilities

Water Management

  • Sewage & wastewater:
    No sewage/wastewater management necessary
  • Sea pollution:
  • Water monitoring: No
  • Drainage:
    • Drain
  • Drainage state: ["Garbage"]

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: Less than once per month
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