Coordinates: 18°10′17″N 78°01′50″W / 18.1714196°N 78.0305028°W / 18.1714196; -78.0305028

Bluefields Beach

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Bluefields Beach
Beach
Bluefields Beach, Westmoreland, Jamaica.
Bluefields Beach, Westmoreland, Jamaica.
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CountryJamaica
ParishWetmoreland
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)

Bluefields Beach Park is a public beach in Bluefields in the south-east of Westmoreland, Jamaica. It gets very busy at weekends and holidays.[citation needed]

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 become very full on holidays. A further set of gates provides pedestrian access to the old road by the beach.[citation needed]

The beach is narrow and about 1 km long. It has soft white sand and also quite a few stones.[citation needed] The stones may have appeared after Hurricane Dean.[citation needed]

The swimming is generally regarded as very good, although the exposed situation can result in waves if there is a swell.[citation needed]

There is little shade from the sun on the beach and no chairs or umbrellas are on offer.[citation needed] However, the beach park is located in a shady, well-wooded area and offers showering/changing/toilet facilities for a fee.[citation needed] The park also has a number of small restaurants which serve locally caught fish.[citation needed]

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