Hellshire Beach

Hellshire Beach, Jamaica, is located near Portmore, and famed for its fried fish and safe swimming.

Hellshire Beach has near white sands with a very small trace of black sand. Exposed when there is a sea running to the south, the waters close to shore are quite cloudy due to the stirred up sand.

It is a popular public beach conveniently located for the residents of Portmore and also a very popular weekend destination for the people of Kingston.

There is a section with life guards and a buoyed off swimming area approximately 200m long. It has changing/showering facilities which are kept fairly clean. This has a number of tables and benches in the shade of grapenut trees and there is a fish restaurant and bar.

Further to the west of the section described above there is a free entry to the beach and here there are a large number of fried fish and other stalls.

Once called Healthshire due to its reputation as a health retreat it's name has evolved into Hellshire however both pronunciations are technically correct.