Cornwall Beach
General
Basic Info
- Name: Sharlinda Forrester & Christopher May
- Organization: Montego Bay Marine Park Trust
- Survey date & time: 7th January, 2019, 2:00pm
- Beach: Cornwall Beach
- Other names: Royal Decameron Montego Bay
- Location: Montego Bay, St. James
- Latitude: 18.488459806076886
- Longitude: -77.92886474746552
- Beach length: 187.54 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: Airport Point Special Fishery Conservation Area
- Opening hours Always open
- Busiest day of the week: Wednesday
- Attendance on typical days: 51 - 100
- Attendance on busiest days: More than 100
Beach Management
- Beach type: Private beach (privately owned/leased, operating as a public beach (with access to the general public) with or without an entrance fee)
- Property owner: Decameron Hotels
- Owner contact
- Name:
- Phone: (876) 619-1200
- Mobile:
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- Property manager: Decameron Hotels
- Manager contact
- Name: Lee Yang Sinclair
- Phone: (876) 619-1200
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Management arrangement:
- Community organization:
- Website & social media pages:
- Website: www.decameron.com
- Facebook:
- Twitter:
- Instagram:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees: Hotel day pass: US$288.00
- Changing room: Yes
- Running water: Yes
- Toilet: Yes
- Parking: Yes (11 - 50 cars)
- Food & Drinks: No
- Cooking: No
- Pets: No
- Facility costs:
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Leisure boats/yachts (drop anchor/moorings/dock/tie up)
- Restaurants
- Bars
- Craft/souvenir shops
- Vending (craft)
- Vending (personal care - braiding, massages, etc.)
- Motorized watersports
- Non-motorized
Snorkeling - Family environment: Yes
Lifeguards on duty, swim line present, beach chairs and umbrellas, restaurant, arts & craft vendors, beach games (volleyball etc), restrooms, swimming pool with kids section. - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often: Once per week
- Party days:
- Weekdays only
- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements: None
- Offshore structures:
- Pier/Jetty
Animals
- Domestic animals: No domestic animals are on the beach.
- Sea turtle nests: No
- Sea turtle poaching:
- Wild animals: Brown Pelican Sprat/Juvi fish Black Birds
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 20% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Shrubs
- Names of vegetation: Coconut Trees
Palm Trees
Almond Trees
Sea Grape Trees
Buttonwood - Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses 1
- Sargassum issues: 1
Sand
- Sand color: Light Brown
- Sand texture: Coarse
- Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
- Erosion:
- Exposed tree roots
- Damaged hard structures (sea walls, groynes, etc.)
- 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 21 bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 5 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are not cleaned on the beach
- Responsible for garbage: Beach Manager Staff/Caretaker
- Garbage management:
- Garbage collection by NSWMA
- Plastics separated for recycling
- Garbage collection: More than once per week