Authors & Editorial Team

Arjun is Zeach's founding editor and reviews every beach page before publication. He has spent over a decade in coastal research across the Indian Ocean, South Asia, and the Gulf, and maintains the data verification standards applied across all content.

A former marine biologist, Sofía covers Blue Flag beaches across Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. She has eight years of field research on bathing water quality along the Costa Brava, Costa del Sol, and the Algarve.

A coastal geographer based in Athens, Elena covers the Greek island programme across the Cyclades, Dodecanese, and Ionian Islands, as well as Italy and the Croatian Dalmatian coast.

Based in Bodrum, Emre has tracked Turkey's Blue Flag programme since 2015 as it grew to over 600 certified beaches. He covers the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts and the broader Eastern Mediterranean.

A sustainability journalist with a background in EU environmental law, Lotte covers northern Europe from Copenhagen — the city where Blue Flag was founded in 1985. She specialises in Nordic, French, and North Sea beach programmes.

An eco-tourism researcher covering the fast-growing Blue Flag programmes across Latin America and the Caribbean. Camila tracks certifications in Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean islands.

Based in Cape Town, Sipho covers South Africa's Blue Flag programme run through WESSA, with a conservation focus on the Western and Eastern Cape. He tracks certification across the Garden Route, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Namibian coast.