Beach at Rondel?

[SweetSue]

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.

[Rob]

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.

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