Bluefields Beach

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Bluefields Beach Park is a very popular public beach in the southeast of Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica. It gets very busy at weekends and holidays.

The old road from Black River to Savanna-la-Mar is separated from the beach by only a low stone wall. However, this old road was replaced by a slightly more inland bypass in the 1990s and one now approaches the beach through gates from a junction at the western end of this bypass. As a result there is now extensive car parking on the approach road and within a gated Beach Park. The whole area can get very full on holidays. A further set of gates provides pedestrian access to the old road by the beach.

The beach is very narrow and about 1 km long. The beach itself was always stony, and these stones seem to have been supplemented by rubble dumped to protect the wall from storm erosion. As a result the patches of sand are few and far between. The swimming is generally regarded as very good, although the exposed situation can result in uncomfortable waves if there are ocean swells.

There is little shade from the sun on the beach and no chairs or umbrellas are on offer. However, the Beach Park is located in a shady well wooded area and offers for a fee of $50 Jamaican the usual showering/changing/toilet facilities. The park also holds a number of small restaurants which are noted for their locally caught fish.

[edit] External links

• Website of Bluefields' People's Community Association