Praia Beach where training was held...

...is a busy shipping channel...

...and harbour facility...

...with a large offshore island

The beach (and our hotel) from a distance, the hotel is a the low brown building

This old wreck on the beach  is visible in Google Earth

Beach suffers from erosion, see the palm fence wind break?

The Palm fence helps fight dune erosion, but is almost totally buried

A possible source of pollution is right behind the hotel

What is this water and where is it coming from?

You can see erosion on the beach and the dune behind it

Paul gives the Sandwatch testing instructions to the group...

...then Pascale translates it into French....

...and then its translated into Portuguese...

...and all questions come back the same way

The basic equipment, tape measure, stop watch, compass, magnifying glass.

Picking a point on the beach...

...measure to the high water mark...

...and repeat at two more points...

...along the beach

...at several suitable places...

...and take note of measurements

Everyone has to sketch the beach too

Video'ing me for future reference?

Creating a wave measuring stick from a broom stick handle...5cm increments

Water was cold and dirty, so not too many volunteers..

...until a little later when we took water samples

See its ok, once you are in it.