Does anyone know if Rondel has gotten any of their beach back? Last couple times I saw it there was not much there. Hopefull for an April reach with my newbie sister. Thanks in advance.
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Does anyone know if Rondel has gotten any of their beach back? Last couple times I saw it there was not much there. Hopefull for an April reach with my newbie sister. Thanks in advance.
Hey Crybaby!! I will be down there next week. Hopefully someone will have an answer before then for ya. Hope to see you in April.
Check it out for mi if u passy by......
Here is the beach in late March, which isn't a lot more/less than when we stayed there 3 months earlier. I'll post current pictures when we return in November.
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We were there last week, Rondel was great as always. The beach was about the same size as it was in the pictures above. Unfortunately on Friday a storm came and the sea was very angry on both Friday and Saturday. When we left Rondel on Saturday the wall on the Boat Bar side of the resort was broken away from the rest of the wall and it looked like it was going to come down. These are some pictures that I took of the beach in front of Rondel on Friday morning as well as the water splashing up on the Boat Bar just next door. Let's hope the beach soon come back.
This is the area in front of Rondel
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This is the water splashing up on the Boat Bar
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There was some controversy a few years back about Sandal's building a jetty that would interfere with the natural flow and decrease the amount of new sand being deposited to replenish the beach. Is this the case now? The beach has gotten smaller in several places, especially as shown above.
WOW.....hardly any beach there. Guess no more sitting in front of Boat Bar for now. Thanks for the replys.
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Originally Posted by SweetSue
SweetSue,
I am assuming that the "controversy" that you are referring to is in reference to your petition post back in June of 2011.
http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...ighlight=jetty
This was discussed at length back then, and the answer to your question above remains the same then as it does now. There is no jetty, it does not exist nor did it ever exist. It was only a proposal submitted by one of the major resort chains in Jamaica.
As for the beach area in certain places, this is caused by the natural ebb and flow of the sand and the sea. As long ago as November 1998, I addressed this issue after Hurricane Mitch passed the island. Here is a blast from the past:
http://www.realnegril.com/beingees/nn101198.htm
In January of this year, the beach topic came up again and was discussed at length at that time as well. A study had just been released that made some projections. I posted a set of pictures taken at the same location 14 years apart on the Negril beach showing actually more beach in the area in question.
http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...ighlight=jetty
As an interesting side note, a global map showing the sea level rise from 1993 to 2010 taken from satellite data was released earlier this year, and this shows that Jamaica has actually seen a sea level decrease over that time period.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19702450
OK - don't shoot! I sit corrected. I admit to jumping on the bandwagon regarding the "jetty" because it was presented to me with such a convincing argument and the thought of the selfish needs of a mega-corporation damaging the Negril beach I have come to love was so abhorrent that I was easily drawn in. As always, Rob you are the voice of reason and logic. Plus, your memory is long. But that is a good thing.
I only asked because I was not sure of the situation. I do know that my treks from the east to the west ends of the beach have become a bit more adventurous, especially when I wasn't really planning to get soaked in the process of walking to town! I guess when I have been around a few more years, I will more easily see the pattern of shifting sands for what it is.
Thanks for addressing this and providing pictorial collaboration of the facts. It actually relieves some of my concerns about the beach being eroded away. Great job.