I was a strong swimmer, scuba diver, and loved the water.....two times in my life (65) I almost drowned, one being at a place called Heartbeat, just on the start of the cliffs, in Negril........
I slipped off of a slick concrete step, and banging off the urchin covered cliffs, into the sea, waves were 2-3 ft...
not much but enough to tire myself out trying to get back up to the ladder, which didnt reach entirely into the water...(see blog link below for entire story)...
at one point it hit me...."I gonna maybe be dead soon......Crap ! I gotta get outa this"
I did

BUT! please beware of the Sea off of the Cliffs at West End......its very pretty and alluring....but it hides a "stinger"