Dead End Beach
Overview
Dead End Beach
Montego Bay, St. James
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: Shavelle Service , Christopher Service & Sharlinda Forrester
- Organization: Montego Bay Marine Park Trust
- Survey date & time: 11th January, 2019, 5:30am
- Beach: Dead End Beach
- Other names: Buccaneers Beach
- Location: Montego Bay, St. James
- Latitude: 18.496679446093296
- Longitude: -77.92522621744388
- Beach length: 60.00 m
Beach Basics
- Fishing beach: No
- Fish vending: Yes
- 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: Sunday
- Attendance on typical days: 51 - 100
- Attendance on busiest days: More than 100
Beach Management
- Beach type: Public beach (government owned, with access to the general public, with or without an entrance fee)
- Property owner: Urban Development Corporation
- Owner contact
- Name: Urban Development Corporation
- Phone:
- Mobile: (876) 656-8031
- 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:
- Website & social media pages:
- Permits:
Features
Fees & Facilities
- Entrance fees:
- Changing room: No
- Running water: No
- Toilet: No
- Parking: Yes (more than 50 cars)
- Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
- Cooking: Yes
- Pets: Yes
- Facility costs:
Activities & Behaviour
- Activities:
- Swimming
- Vending (food)
- Family environment: Not sure
No restrooms or lifeguard. - Alcohol: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
- Parties:
- How often: Once or twice per year
- Party days:
- Public Holidays
- Harassment level: 0
- Illegal activities: None
Environment
Structures & Dwellings
- Settlements: None
- Offshore structures:
- Seawall
Animals
- Domestic animals: No domestic animals are on the beach.
- Sea turtle nests: No
- Sea turtle poaching: No
- Wild animals:
Vegetation
- vagetation coverage: About 50% coverage
- Categories of vegetation:
- Trees
- Grasses
- Shrubs
- Names of vegetation: Almond Trees
Sea Grape Trees
Palm Trees - Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
- Seagrasses 7
- Sargassum issues: 1
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:
- Damaged hard structures (sea walls, groynes, etc.)
Utilities
Water Management
- Sewage & wastewater: No sewage/wastewater management necessary
- Sea pollution:
- Water monitoring: Not sure
- Drainage:
- Drain
- Gully
- Drainage state: The drains does not appear to be polluted.
Waste Management
- Garbage bins: There are 2 bins available.
- Cleanliness: Scored 3 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
- Garbage collection: Once per week