Trip report - Disturbing

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Originally Posted by Weathermon & Mi Lady

Here is a picture of the Treehouse's Beach Restaurant from April, 2011


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I was there end of April as well and they had plenty of sand. I recall reading several months later where someone mentioned that the sand was gone and I thought they were confused.....

A wise old Jamaican, God rest his soul once told me " Wha da sea give mon the sea take away!

The first year that we stayed at Country Country, in 2001, they had pumps in the water, trying to bring the sand back to the beach. Since then, some years you can walk around the bar at Treehouse, sometimes you have to walk through it. That just seems to be an area where its more noticeable because these places are built so close to the edge of the sea. I think its cyclical.

I have been to Negril 3 times in the last 11 months. The beach has looked different every single time.

tree house had heaps of beach when built..nowhere near the sea edge..

I'm still going.

The shoreline is ever changing. When I first started going to Negril in the mid-80's, the beach at Treehouse was 40' out from the bar. Big change but they usually still have some beach. Where I stay at the other end has also lost beach but it was a much, much larger area to begin with. Beach renourishment here in FL often gets taken away after the beach communities & governments (federal aid not uncommon) spend many hundreds of thousands of $$$, if not more. Mother Nature will do what she does as far as the beach goes. Usually it comes & goes :-)

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Originally Posted by Mark & Deana

Attachment 25588Attachment 25589Attachment 25590Attachment 25591My wife and I have been coming to Negril almost every year since 2001. We love it for all the reasons you do.
We always stay at The Treehouse and enjoy it. What's troubling is the beach erosion and I just thought I would post some pics. The hammock pic at bottom is from our first trip in 2001. We are in a hammock (tree has long been dead) next to the bar and there was soooo much beach in front of the bar. The beach has been slowly going away every year but this is what we saw (top pic) when we arrived at the end of March. Half the beach was gone. There used to be a volleyball court at the back end of the beach but that's where the lounge chairs had to be positioned because where they used to be, is now underwater. Distressing. Sandbags were being used to help with erosion and it seemed to be helping because by the time we left 7 days later the sandbags were almost covered.
Ok so you don't feel totally bummed we enjoyed three dives for first time - Twice! Sweet spice still has outstanding oxtail (prepare to wait an hour for it). Niah's is still standing somehow and it's awesome! The jerk sausage at Push cart is still almost worth the trip (though the power went out while we were there). Ossie's still has the best jerk in Negril IMHO.

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Thanks for your continued support over the years. I give big props to Moses and Trevor for working on the sand bag project. Beach renourishment projects are costly and we have never had one in Jamaica. We flew experts in from Cuba and Negril Chamber has brought in experts. We have the proposals and solutions but sadly no government funding. But at Treehouse we are on the beach- but more than beach - it's about the people.

As many longtime returning guests will say the beach changes every year. You can't stop mother nature. I've been there when the seas were at the bar and the bar was 3 ft higher than the sand and other times there was 100 yards to the sea.

I don't know about the beach replenishment project but here in NJ the Army Core of Engineers used millions of tax payers dollars for sand replenishment over the last few years only to have Hurricane Sandy take it all away...again you can't stop mother nature.

I will never stop going to the Treehouse no matter how big or small the beach is because Gail is right it's about the people !!
Keep doing what you're doing Gail !! Love the Treehouse and The TH Staff !!

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taken around 1980