Bull Bay is an area located on the southeast coast of Jamaica, 10 miles (16 km) to the east of Kingston on the border between St Andrew and St Thomas, beside Cow Bay.
According to folklore, both bays were so named because cattle once roamed the whole area and were slaughtered to provide food for buccaneers and English colonists.
[citation needed] Industry in the area includes quarrying for gypsum.
The land is low-lying, with an approximate maximum elevation of 150 feet (46 m) above sea level.
[citation needed] The floods in September 2002 followed heavy rainfall that month (3,500 millimetres; 140 in), due to Hurricane Lili.