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Overview

Lilliput Beach

Montego Bay (Greenwood), St. James
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Admission

Free

Opening Hours

Always open

Websites

Features

2
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: Shavelle Service, Sharlinda Forrester & Christopher May
  • Organization: Montego Bay Marine Park Trust
  • Survey date & time: 6th April, 2019, 5:00am
  • Beach: Lilliput Beach
  • Other names:
  • Location: Montego Bay (Greenwood), St. James
  • Latitude: 18.516095035508194
  • Longitude: -77.77273137301637
  • Beach length: 226.43 m

Beach Basics

  • Fishing beach: Yes
  • Fish vending: Not sure
  • 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: 5-10
  • Attendance on busiest days: 51 - 100

Beach Management

  • Beach type: Community Beach, i.e. beach designated for use and benefit of adjacent community (with access to the general public)
  • Property owner: Liliput Community
  • Owner contact
    • Name:
    • Phone:
    • Mobile:
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  • Property manager:
  • Manager contact
    • Name:
    • Phone:
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  • Management arrangement:
  • Community organization:
  • Website & social media pages:
    • Website:
    • Facebook:
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  • 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
    • Fishing

  • Family environment: No
    There are no lifeguards, restrooms, changing area or access to running water
  • Alcohol: Yes
  • Smoking: Yes
  • Parties:
    • How often:
    • Party days:
  • Harassment level: 0
  • Illegal activities: None

Environment

Structures & Dwellings

  • Settlements: None
  • Offshore structures:
    • Groyne

Animals

  • Domestic animals: No domestic animals are on the beach.
  • Sea turtle nests: Not sure
  • Sea turtle poaching: No
  • Wild animals: Love Bug Great Egret Snails

Vegetation

  • vagetation coverage: About 60% coverage
  • Categories of vegetation:
    • Beach vines
    • Trees
    • Grasses
    • Shrubs
    • Mangroves
  • Names of vegetation:
    Seaside Mahoe
    Red Mangroves
    Sea grapes
    Batis
    Sesuvium
  • Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
  • Seagrasses 6
  • Sargassum issues: 3

Sand

  • Sand color: Light Brown
  • Sand texture: Fine
  • Sand dunes: There are sand dunes less than 3 feet with about 80% covered with vegetation.
  • Erosion:
    • Exposed tree roots
    • Damaged hard structures (sea walls, groynes, etc.)

Utilities

Water Management

  • Sewage & wastewater:
    No sewage/wastewater management necessary
  • Sea pollution:
    • Garbage
  • Water monitoring: No
  • Drainage:
    • Drain
  • Drainage state: The drains does not appear to be polluted.

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: Community member(s)
  • Garbage management:
    • No garbage management
  • Garbage collection:
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