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Winnifred, known as the people’s beach, lies in a wide, shallow, white-sand cove. It is a beautiful, free public beach in the Fairy Hill district just east of San San and the Blue Lagoon. It’s also the best place for conch soup and fried fish. Food and beverages are sold by a slew of vendors, and there’s a nice restaurant.
Cynthia’s, on the western end of the beach serves excellent fried fish with rice and peas (US$10). Undoubtedly someone will ask for a "contribution," but it’s not necessary. Instead, support the vendors. The rocky road down to the beach has two access points from the main road.
Shan Shy Beach on Bryan’s Bay charges no entry fee and is home to a beach complex run by Donovan "Atto" Tracey . An open, covered building has a billiards room with two tables.
Errol Flynn Marina has a well-maintained, private beach for guests of the Marina and patrons of Norma’s at the Marina.
Directly in front of the crumbling Folly Mansion, Folly Beach is a small beach with a narrow strip of sand. It has coral and a rough floor and sees few visitors.
Frenchman’s Cove (entrance fee US$5) is one of the most picturesque coves in Jamaica. The beach here is well protected and drops off steeply after the first 20 meters.
Dragon Bay is a private beach protected by guards. In the near future, however, visitors may be able to gain access to Dragon Bay Resort.
Boston Beach, in a protected cove a few minutes east of Winnifred, consistently gets the best swells in the area and has a surf shop.
San San Beach (10 a.m.4 p.m daily, US$5) is the most exclusive beach in Port Antonio. It’s located at the base of San San District, where many of the area’s nicer villas are located. The fine-sand beach hugs a cove next to Alligator Head and overlooks Pellew Island, from where a protective reef extends eastward to the mouth of Blue Hole.
Just east of Port Antonio along Alan Avenue, a left onto a dirt road before the cricket pitch follows the edge of East Harbour out to Folly Point Lighthouse. A right turn after the cricket pitch along a grassy vehicle track through low-lying scrub forest leads to Folly Mansion, which is an unmanaged attraction (free and always accessible) on government-owned land.
