Telegram users found the beaches of Anapa insufficiently crowded after the oil spill.

There are many tourists on the beaches of Anapa, report Anapa bloggers. Compared to the 2024 season, before the oil spill in the Black Sea, the number of vacationers is much lower, commentators argued.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", the additional layer of sand has been completely added to the beaches of Anapa, covering 12 kilometers of the coast. 97 beaches have already received the necessary permits to operate, while another seven beaches are undergoing inspection, authorities reported. The Anapa beaches, after being replenished with new sand, have turned into a mixture of stones and clay, and the reports from officials do not correspond to reality, Telegram users pointed out while commenting on the announcement of the completion of the sand replenishment. The replenishment of the beaches of Anapa after the oil spill required significant costs, but the first storms have already washed away the sand, and the remaining sand on the shore has compressed, commentators write on Telegram.

There are many tourists on the beaches of Anapa, blogger Andrey Makovozov writes today in his Telegram channel.

The beaches are packed, if you look around along the beach, you can't see any sand!" - he wrote after visiting the beach on the first passage in Dzhemete.

After a difficult 2025 season, Anapa not only managed to recover but became one of the fastest-growing resorts on the Black Sea coast. High demand, moderate price growth, and a large number of vacationers on the beaches confirm that the season is shaping up significantly better than many expected in the spring, he writes.

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"In 2024, I was with my family from July 7 to 17, this year from 14 to 24, and it seemed to us that there were many fewer people than 2 years ago," commented Sergey.

"It seems to me that the peak is already now, there will be fewer people in August," writes Svetlana.

"It is incorrect to compare the Anapa coast with last year. A room in Vityazevo that cost 11,000 was booked for 3,500 rubles last year. Now prices have returned to 2024 levels with a slight increase," believes Grigory.

"The 2026 season is not bad, in 2024, of course, there were many more vacationers," noted Me.

On December 15, 2024, two tankers with fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. As a result, a crew member of one of the tankers died. In addition, there was an oil spill, which led to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the reference "Caucasian Knot" "Oil spill in the Kerch Strait". Materials on the consequences of the oil spill have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Ecological disaster in Kuban".