Hellshire Beach, Jamaica, is located near Portmore, and famed for its fried fish and safe swimming. Portmore is a coastal city in southern Jamaica, near Kingston. ...

The paying section of Hellshire Beach looking east towards the Blue Mountains

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. The City of Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica. ...

There is a section with life guards and a bouyed off swimming area approximately 200m long. It has changing/showering facilities which is 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. The charge for entry to this section is $100(Jamaican).

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. This area gets very busy.