Associations and local NGOs are displayed together with the support of the Basque Country Agglomeration Community (CAPB) and the City of Biarritz for the "Rendez-vous Océan" from June 4 to 11, 2022.Around June 8, the date of World Oceans Day, the various participating structures (the Water family via its Agir à la source endowment fund, Surfrider foundation, Waves of change, Oceans without borders, CAPB) necessarily strive to mark the shot.A diversity that...Around June 8, the date of World Oceans Day, the various participating structures (the Water family via its Agir à la source endowment fund, Surfrider foundation, Waves of change, Oceans without borders, CAPB) necessarily strive to mark the shot.A diversity that can be confusing.With the idea of ​​making the multitude of proposals planned almost simultaneously by these different entities more readable, the City has therefore listed them, to communicate, under the single banner of “Rendez-vous Océan” (1).Here are some highlights.On June 4 and 5, it is logically in Biarritz, where its European headquarters are located, that Surfrider Fondation Europe is launching its "beach tour", its national awareness tour on the coasts.Appointment is given from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the village located at the Grande Plage to participate in fun and educational activities around the right actions to adopt and the pollution of the oceans.For the 3rd edition of its discussion forum and workshops around the blue economy, the Waves of Change association is expecting more than 200 participants of around twenty nationalities at the Bellevue area from June 6 to 8.Until June 12, the association is also making a proposal for the general public at the Maison du surf (Côte des Basques): the photographic exhibition "Sea Walls Santa Cruz" produced from the murals of 20 international artists to raise awareness of the defense of the oceans.For the 2nd edition of its "Love is blue" festival, from June 5 to 11, Agir à la source, the endowment fund from the Water family association, which finances virtuous projects in favor of the preservation of water and oceans, offers a full program of conferences, sporting and fun challenges, workshops, meetings with champion defenders of the oceans.Among the highlights: the intervention of Gilles Bœuf, specialist in biodiversity, former president of the Natural History Museum, who takes a sharp look at the state of the oceans and living marine resources (June 5 at the Connector at 8 p.m. ).Also note the joyous proposal of June 6 (at 10 a.m.) called “Wet your jersey”.Namely a crazy aquatic stroll around the Boucalot.Appointment is given at Port Vieux: everyone is invited to come in eco-disguise and with a recycled boat.Gifts provided for the best disguises.For its first edition, the H2Océans festival, supported by the association Océans sans frontières, is taking place at the Connector from June 8 to 11.This meeting is intended for ocean enthusiasts, from here and elsewhere.History, science, distant expeditions, innovation, biology, cetaceans, maritime heritage, protection of the environment and those who live there: so many themes that will intertwine throughout the program.Note, among other things, the presence of award-winning photographer Greg Lecoeur with “Antartica”, the flagship exhibition of the last World Scuba Diving Show.His spectacular images relate his extreme underwater odyssey in the land of ice.The explorer will be present on June 8 during the inauguration (7 p.m.) and the conference that will follow (8:30 p.m.).Conferences, screenings and art will punctuate this festival around speakers from backgrounds as varied as they are specialized.Among them Vincent Doumeizel.Advisor for the oceans at the UN, author of the book "The Seaweed Revolution", which he will present on June 8 at 5:30 p.m.In parallel with these associative events, the Rendez-vous Océan program includes the institutional program of the CAPB which organizes “O!Water days” throughout the Basque Country.The debates should be nourished, in particular during the day of round tables at the Biarritz media library on June 10 (from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).Experts, researchers and technicians will endeavor to disentangle the true from the false around three allegations: “Our bathing waters are of good quality”, “Our sewers overflow into the oceans” and “Some micropollutants escape from treatment plants.»(1) The complete program of these free events can be found on biarritz.fr