Great Bay Beach
Overview
Great Bay Beach
Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth
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Admission
FreeOpening Hours
Always open
Websites
Features
2
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: Claudette Moxam
- Organization: Treasure Beach Women's Group Benevolent Group
- Survey date & time: 14th January, 2019, 4:10pm
- Beach: Great Bay Beach
- Other names:
- Location: Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth
- Latitude: 17.864903700382104
- Longitude: -77.74072599626464
- Beach length: 1.00 mi
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: Yes
- Fish vending: Yes
- Commercial activity level: High levels of commercial activity (11 - 20 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: 51 - 100
Beach Management
- Beach type: Fishing Beach, i.e. designated by government as one where fishers can bring in the catch and boats
- Property owner: Beach Control Authority/Natural Resources Conservation Authority
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile: (876) 754-7542
- Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Property manager:
- Manager contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Management arrangement: Unknown
- Community organization: Treasure Beach Fisher Folk Cooperative Society formerly known as the Calabash Bay Fisherman's Society Shawn Taylor (President) 876-370-6236
- Website & social media pages:
- Permits: Fishering 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
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Fishing
- Boat repair/storage
- Leisure boats/yachts (drop anchor/moorings/dock/tie up)
- Restaurants
- Bars
- Parties
- Other
Triathlons - Family environment: Yes
Locals and visitors use this beach - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often: 6 - 11 times per year
- Party days:
- Weekends only
- Public Holidays
- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements: None
- Offshore structures:
- Groyne
Animals
- Domestic animals: Goats
Dogs
Cats
Birds - Sea turtle nests: No
- Sea turtle poaching: No
- Wild animals: Crabs
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 10% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Grasses
- Shrubs
- Names of vegetation: Kasha Trees
Sea Grape Trees
Almond Trees
Pine Trees
Lignum Vitae Trees - Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses
- Sargassum issues: 1
Sand
- Sand color: Dark Brown
- Sand texture: Coarse
- Sand dunes: There are sand dunes less than 3 feet with about 0% covered with vegetation.
- Erosion:
- Exposed tree roots
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: Soak-away pit
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: Yes
- Drainage:
- Gully
- Drainage state: ["Garbage","Foul odor\/smell"]
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are no bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 2 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are not cleaned on the beach
- Responsible for garbage: NSWMA/Parish Council Staff
- Garbage management:
- Garbage collection by NSWMA
- Plastics separated for recycling
- Garbage collection: More than once per week