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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa de las Nieves today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 24 August 2026

Calculated for today

No signal today

Reason: discharge 460 m away, not authorised

At a distance of 460 metres lies the discharge point Aliviadero EBAR Puerto de Las Nieves, carrying domestic waste water. The register lists no permit for it. Before that, treatment is limited to screening and sieving. The register describes the condition of the pipe as bad (Malo).

Official sample

E. coli4Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci31Limit 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 15 days, the next sample was expected on 8 September 2026.

Satellite image of Playa de las Nieves in Agaete, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 460 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa de las Nieves in Agaete, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 460 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.1 mm
Current0.0 km/h
Wave height1.36 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
Aliviadero EBAR Puerto de Las Nieves460 mnot authorisedscreening onlybad
Emisario del Puerto de Las Nieves684 mnot authorisedsecondary treatmentpoor

History

133 samples since 23 January 2023, 1 of them with a ban or warning.

Why this page exists

This page exists because a waste water outlet discharges into the sea 460 metres away and water quality here has been officially objected to once before.

Official bathing water profile (PDF)

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Beaches nearby

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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