Commentators debated fuel oil spills on Anapa beaches.

Anapa's central beach is covered with sand of varying quality and is equipped to accommodate tourists, bloggers reported, noting that they had not found any oil stains there. Others noted that oil stains are found on beaches open to the public, both pebble and those located further from the center of Anapa.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," 58 beaches in Anapa have received permits to open.

The author of the Zen blog "OksanaMama to the South from the Urals" shared her experience of visiting a wild beach in Anapa on June 20th; she did not provide the name of the beach.

I turned over a stone – fuel oil. I turned it over next to it – more fuel oil. These aren't old dried stains, but fresh ones.

"We found a seemingly clean spot. But as soon as the kids walked around, their white flip-flops and feet were covered in fresh oil. I turned over a stone – oil. I turned it over next to it – more oil. These aren't old dried stains, but fresh ones," she wrote, attaching a photo.

According to her, the pebble beaches are practically deserted. "There are very few people. There used to always be someone on the wild beach, maybe three or four families in sight. But now we were completely alone. There wasn't a soul on the entire vast shore," the author wrote.

This post received 24 comments, most of whom assured they hadn't encountered oil this season.

"Complete nonsense! The beaches are clean! The water is wonderful!" - writes Anatoly Karpenko.

"I'm in Anapa now and I can confirm that the sea is cool but clean. I walk barefoot along the coast every morning for several kilometers. I've never stepped in fuel oil because there isn't any," wrote the author of the comment with the nickname "Let's Talk."

"Early June, that same beach, full of people, didn't see any black rocks. We went to the central one, but that's where it's brutal, muddy, and you can't push through," commented Alexander.

The color of the sand is different. Closer to the water, it's lighter, more beige. Under the sun loungers, the sand is yellower, brighter, and finer.

The author of the "Zorky" channel posted his impressions of visiting Anapa's Central Beach. According to him, the beach is fully equipped and welcoming. "No mounds of sand, everything is leveled, and there are sun loungers in several rows on the fresh sand. If you look closely, the color of the sand is different. Closer to the water, it's lighter, more beige. Under the sun loungers, the sand is yellower, brighter, and finer. I examined it carefully and didn't see any black or chemical traces. At all," he writes.

"I'm in Anapa now. On Pionersky Prospekt. There's no fuel oil. No equipment. There are beaches. Not all the hotels are open yet," commented Yuri J.

In Dzhemete, my daughter dipped her fingers deep into the sand in the crystal-clear sea. She was hunting for a small crustacean. She pulled out her hand and... Two fingers covered in black fuel oil...

"They brought construction sand to Anapa. So, instead of tons of exported quartz sand, the beaches of Anapa, Dzhemete, and Vityazevo now have construction sand—yellow, heavy sand that, when wet, is like clay, dense and hard. It's terrible. That's it, there are no more resorts in Anapa. <...> Shame on the administration for calling Anapa a resort?" - Ekaterina P was indignant.

"In Dzhemete, my daughter dipped her fingers deep into the sand in the crystal-clear sea. She was hunting for a small crustacean. She pulled her hand out and... Two fingers were covered in black oil... It's down there, under a thin layer of sand... We scrubbed it off for a long time," Svetlana Shmakova shared.

"In Dzhemete, they filled in and leveled the sand right at the end of May. It was in early June. The sand is clean, and the sea is too," Max Ovič commented.

"Besides the Central Beach, there's also the coast. But the beach season isn't open there, the beaches aren't equipped, and sand is still being actively brought in by trucks. Little things like sun loungers and awnings are out of the question. "No. It's all about the hotel beaches. People have started arriving in droves, and photos are being posted in real time," wrote Sorellaa.

On December 5, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. A crew member from one of the tankers died as a result. In addition, an oil spill occurred, leading to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".

Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been collected by the Caucasian Knot on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".