Blue Lagoon
A deep blue lagoon where cold spring water meets the sea, about 50 metres deep and surrounded by rainforest, made famous by the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon.
The Blue Lagoon lies about 10 km east of Port Antonio. It is a small bay where mountain spring water wells up from the lagoon bed and mixes with the Caribbean Sea. The lagoon is about 55 metres deep at its centre, and its colours shift between sapphire and emerald with the light. While swimming you can feel alternating layers of cold and warm water. Parts of the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon were shot here. There is a wooden jetty and a small snack bar on the shore. Boatmen offer raft or small-boat trips around the lagoon, combined with snorkelling at nearby Monkey Island and Cuckoo Island. Agree on a price beforehand. Swimming is free, and the lagoon is busier with locals at weekends, so mornings offer the fewest crowds and the best colours.
Opening hours
Open daytime
Nearby sights
- Winnifred Beach
- San San Beach
- Frenchman's Cove
- Boston Bay
- Folly Mansion Ruins & Folly Point Lighthouse
- Errol Flynn Marina & Port Antonio Town
- Navy Island
- Long Bay