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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa de la Caleta today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 24 August 2026

Calculated for today

No signal today

Reason: discharge 13 m away, not authorised

Less than 13 metres from the beach, Piscinas La Caleta discharges into the sea, the outflow of a sea water pool. The register lists no permit for it. No treatment stage is documented for it. The register describes the condition of the pipe as good (Bueno).

Official sample

E. coli29Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci2Limit 185
Official verdictbathing permitted (Zona Apta para el baño)
Annual classexcellent (EXCELENTE)

This sample was taken on 24 August 2026, so for today it is only an indication. This zone is sampled about every 14 days, the next sample was expected on 7 September 2026.

Satellite image of Playa de la Caleta in Valverde, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 13 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa de la Caleta in Valverde, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 13 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current0.6 km/h
Wave height1.16 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
Piscinas La Caleta13 mnot authorisedno datagood
EDAR Aeropuerto de El Hierro1.6 kmnot authorisedsecondary treatmentpoor

History

34 samples since 5 June 2023, 0 of them with a ban or warning.

Why this page exists

This page exists because a waste water outlet discharges into the sea 13 metres away. The measurement series for this zone has been unremarkable so far.

Official bathing water profile (PDF)

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Beaches nearby

  • Playa del Tamaduste 2.7 km
  • Playa de Timijiraque 4.3 km
  • Playa de la Restinga 20.0 km

All bathing zones on El Hierro To the map of all Canary Islands

This page does not replace official bathing water monitoring or a warning issued by the municipality. The estimated part is our own calculation, not a measurement.

Sources: Gobierno de Canarias (Dirección General de Salud Pública; Censo de vertidos desde tierra al mar), Ministerio de Sanidad (NÁYADE), European Environment Agency (UWWTD), Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica, Open-Meteo. Data as of: 2026-09-13, 22:49