Bugazskaya Kosa, Sand spit between the Black Sea and Bugazsky Liman, Anapa district, Russia

Bugazskaya Kosa is a 12-kilometre-long, 250–300-metre-wide spit between the Bugazsky Liman and the Black Sea, within the Blagoveshchenskaya Kosa landscape reserve created in 1995. Its beach consists of quartz sand, pebbles and small shell fragments; the photograph shows tan sand marked by footprints, a low grassy dune edge, a blue panelled structure and white cabins with dark curved roofs.

The spit lies between the Bugazsky liman and the Black Sea, connecting the stanitsas of Blagoveshchenskaya and Veselovka. In 1995 the surrounding area became the Blagoveshchenskaya Kosa landscape reserve. A planned recreational zone, valued at 8–9 billion dollars for 2009, was frozen after the economic crisis.

The spit hosts the annual BeeKiteCamp kitesurfing festival in late August, supported by Russia's Ministry of Sport and the All-Russian Sailing Federation. It includes amateur, beginner and professional competitions such as Rail Masters, with athletes from Poland, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany. Kite schools operate on the coast for five months a year.

The spit is about 12 km long and only 250–300 m wide, so the sea and the Bugazsky liman lie within a few minutes' walk of each other. Kite schools operate on the shore for five months a year. The surface is quartz sand, pebbles and small shell fragments, and the whole spit lies inside the Blagoveshchenskaya Kosa landscape reserve created in 1995.

The cape was shaped by underwater coastal currents that continuously shift sand and slowly reshape its form. This natural movement means the shoreline changes subtly with the seasons, creating a landscape that is never quite the same twice.