Blue Lagoon
Overview
Blue Lagoon
San San, Portland
0.0
Admission
FreeOpening Hours
8:00am to 5:00pm
Websites
Features
5
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: 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:
- 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