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Overview

Blue Lagoon

San San, Portland
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Admission

Free

Opening Hours

8:00am to 5:00pm

Websites

Features

5
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: Sinead Briggs
  • Organization: Alligator Head Foundation
  • Survey date & time: 12th February, 2019, 6:20pm
  • Beach: Blue Lagoon
  • Other names:
    Blue Hole
  • Location: San San, Portland
  • Latitude: 18.170212613750646
  • Longitude: -76.38625098675539
  • Beach length: 50.00 m

Beach Basics

  • Fishing beach: Yes
  • Fish vending: Yes
  • Commercial activity level: Low levels of commercial activity (1 - 5 vendors/stalls/business places)
  • Swimming/bathing beach: Yes
  • Protected area: East Portland Fishing Sanctuary
  • Opening hours
    8:00am to 5:00pm
  • Busiest day of the week: Monday
  • Attendance on typical days: Less than 5
  • Attendance on busiest days: 21 - 50

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: Michael Lee Chin
  • Owner contact
    • Name:
    • Phone:
    • Mobile:
    • Email:
  • Property manager: Trident Hotel
  • Manager contact
    • Name: Ms. Edder
    • Phone:
    • Mobile:
    • Email:
  • Management arrangement: Unknown
  • Community organization: Blue Lagoon Alliance of the Seas
  • Website & social media pages:
    • Website:
    • Facebook:
    • Twitter:
    • Instagram:
  • Permits:

Features

Fees & Facilities

  • Entrance fees:
  • Changing room: No
  • Running water: No
  • Toilet: No
  • Parking: Yes (less than 10 cars)
  • Food & Drinks: Yes - both food and drink
  • Cooking: No
  • Pets: Yes
  • Facility costs:

Activities & Behaviour

  • Activities:
    • Swimming
    • Fishing
    • Boat repair/storage
    • Leisure boats/yachts (drop anchor/moorings/dock/tie up)
    • Restaurants
    • Bars
    • Craft/souvenir shops
    • Vending (food)
    • Vending (craft)
    • Vending (personal care - braiding, massages, etc.)
    • Non-motorized watersports

  • Family environment: Yes
    Friendly people, kids can swim with teir parents' supervision
  • 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:
    • None observed

Animals

  • Domestic animals:
    Dogs
  • Sea turtle nests: Yes
  • Sea turtle poaching: Not sure
  • Wild animals:

Vegetation

  • vagetation coverage: About 10% coverage
  • Categories of vegetation:
    • Beach vines
  • Names of vegetation:
    Palm trees
    Almond tree
    Pine
    Vines
    Seaside Mahoe
  • Vegetation clearing: No evidence of the vegetation being cleared.
  • Seagrasses 7
  • Sargassum issues: 3

Sand

  • Sand color: White
  • Sand texture: Coarse
  • Sand dunes: There are no sand dunes.
  • Erosion: There are no evidence of erosion.

Utilities

Water Management

  • Sewage & wastewater:
    No sewage/wastewater management necessary
  • Sea pollution:
  • Water monitoring: Yes
  • Drainage:
    • Drain
  • Drainage state: [""]

Waste Management

  • Garbage bins: There are 6 bins available.
  • Cleanliness: Scored 5 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: Blue Lagoon Alliance
  • Garbage management:
    • Garbage collection by NSWMA
  • Garbage collection: Once per week
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