Playa Jardín on Tenerife partially closed again after six days

Six days after Playa Grande was reopened on 1 October, the town hall of Puerto de la Cruz has once again closed off part of Playa Jardín in northern Tenerife. The measure, ordered on Wednesday, affects Playa Grande Centro, that is, the central section of the beach.

The bathing ban imposed by the Canary Islands Government’s health authority was triggered by a sample taken on 5 October. In front of the beach bar on the left-hand side, 100 millilitres of water were found to contain 220 colony-forming units of intestinal enterococci and 190 colony-forming units of E. coli. As the enterococci level exceeded the reference value for this bathing area, the closure was imposed, according to RTVC.

Due to unfavourable microbiological results, the health authority had already closed Playa Jardín on 12 August. On 3 September, it closed Playa Grande and El Charcón as a precautionary measure, but reopened both areas the very next day following further analyses. Playa Grande was closed again on 30 September; this closure ended on 1 October.

Playa Jardín: 15 bathing bans since January 2023

The official bathing water register lists a total of 15 bathing bans for Playa Jardín between 23 January 2023 and 30 September 2026, based on 314 samples. The longest closure, lasting 350 days, ran from 1 July 2024 to 16 June 2025. This meant the beach remained closed for almost a year.

After tests revealed high levels of bacteria, Playa Jardín was partially closed again in August. Regardless of this, work continued on the Punta Brava sewer main, as documented in the report on the replacement of a pipe at Playa Jardín.

Laboratory results for Playa Jardín are contradictory

Regarding the closure on 30 September, the town hall stated that the independent laboratory Biocontrol Labtec had taken samples on 28 September. These did not show any levels exceeding the limit. As there was a gap of about an hour between the two samples taken by the laboratory, the town hall requested a technical explanation from the health authority. According to the health authority’s statement at the time, the enterococci tests had come back positive.

El Charcón derecha is currently under observation; the authorities have not ordered a closure there. Playa Grande Centro is signposted. If a ban on swimming is imposed in the Canary Islands due to water quality, a red flag with a black dot is flown.

You can now find the current figures, details of nearby sewage discharges and trends in these figures for all beaches in the Canary Islands, updated hourly, in our regularly updated Water Quality Overview. Click here for water quality information for Playa Jardín.

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