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Half Moon Swimming Beach

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Overview

Half Moon Swimming Beach

Falmouth, Trelawny
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Admission

Free

Opening Hours

Always open

Websites

Features

1
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: Sandra Thorpe-James
  • Organization: Duncans Bay Citizen Association
  • Survey date & time: 21st March, 2019, 4:05pm
  • Beach: Half Moon Swimming Beach
  • Other names:
  • Location: Falmouth, Trelawny
  • Latitude: 18.4958225
  • Longitude: -77.66066599999999
  • Beach length: 200.00 m

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: 11-20
  • Attendance on busiest days: 21 - 50

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: Unknown
  • Community organization:
  • Website & social media pages:
    • Website:
    • Facebook:
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    • Instagram:
  • Permits:

Features

Fees & Facilities

  • Entrance fees:
  • Changing room: No
  • Running water: No
  • Toilet: No
  • Parking: Yes (less than 10 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: No
    There are no restroom facilities for the family to use
  • Alcohol: Yes
  • Smoking: Yes
  • Parties:
    • How often: 3 - 5 times per year
    • Party days:
      • All days
  • 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: No
  • Sea turtle poaching: Not sure
  • Wild animals: Birds

Vegetation

  • vagetation coverage: About 70% coverage
  • Categories of vegetation:
    • Trees
    • Mangroves
  • Names of vegetation:
    Mangrove
    Sea Cotton
    Sea Grape Trees
  • Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
  • Seagrasses 2
  • Sargassum issues: 8

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:
    No sewage/wastewater management necessary
  • Sea pollution:
    • Water looks brown
  • Water monitoring: No
  • Drainage:
    • Gully
  • Drainage state: [""]

Waste Management

  • Garbage bins: There are 5 bins available.
  • Cleanliness: Scored 1 out of 5 for cleanliness.
  • Fish cleaning: Fish are not cleaned on the beach
  • Responsible for garbage: Community member(s)
  • Garbage management:
    • Garbage collection by NSWMA
  • Garbage collection: Once per week
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