Rio Nuevo
Overview
Rio Nuevo
Tower Isle, St. Mary
0.0
Admission
FreeOpening Hours
Always open
Websites
Features
3
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: David Murray
- Organization: Oracabessa Marine Trust
- Survey date & time: 30th November, 2018, 3:00pm
- Beach: Rio Nuevo
- Other names:
- Location: Tower Isle, St. Mary
- Latitude: 18.4097899
- Longitude: -77.0150337
- Beach length: 300.00 m
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: Yes
- Fish vending: Yes
- Commercial activity level: Moderate levels of commercial activity (6 - 10 vendors/stalls/business places)
- Swimming/bathing beach: No
- Protected area:
- Opening hours Always open
- Busiest day of the week: Sunday
- Attendance on typical days: 21-50
- 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: Rio Nuevo /Stewart Town Fishers Association
- Manager contact
- Name:
- Phone:
- Mobile:
- Email:
- Management arrangement: Unknown
- Community organization: Rio Nuevo /Stewart Town Fishers Association
- Website & social media pages:
- 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:
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Boat repair/storage
- Restaurants
- Bars
- Parties
- Vending (food)
- Family environment: Yes
Families often use this beach. The beach is clean .Picnics can be had on the beach. However , note that no lifeguards are present. - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often: 6 - 11 times per year
- Party days:
- Weekends only
- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements: 4
- Offshore structures:
- Groyne
- Stone revetment
Animals
- Domestic animals: No domestic animals are on the beach.
- Sea turtle nests: Yes
- Sea turtle poaching: Not sure
- Wild animals:
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 10% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Names of vegetation:
- Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses
- Sargassum issues: 2
Sand
- Sand color: Black
- Sand texture: Coarse
- Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
- Erosion:
- Other
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: Soak-away pit
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: no
- Drainage:
- River
- Drainage state: The drains does not appear to be polluted.
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are no bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 3 out of 5 for cleanliness.
- Fish cleaning: Fish are cleaned on the beach/ in the water and fish waste is left in the environment
- Responsible for garbage: Community member(s)
- Garbage management:
- Garbage is burnt in the open
- Garbage collection: