Officially measured
bathing permitted
Last sample: 17 August 2026
Calculated for today
No signal today
Reason: discharge 960 m away, pending
103 metres away, Nueva Conducción de Desagüe de Bañaderos discharges into the sea, carrying brine from a desalination plant. The register lists no permit for it. The plant upstream has a secondary stage. The register describes the condition of the pipe as good (Bueno).
Official sample
| E. coli | 10 | Limit 500 |
|---|---|---|
| Intestinal enterococci | 2 | Limit 185 |
| Official verdict | bathing permitted (Zona Apta para el baño) | |
| Annual class | excellent (EXCELENTE) | |
This sample was taken on 17 August 2026, so for today it is only an indication. This zone is sampled about every 15 days, the next sample was expected on 1 September 2026.
Conditions today
| Rain over the past 48 hours | 0.1 mm |
|---|---|
| Current | 1.3 km/h |
| Wave height | 1.48 m |
Waste water discharges nearby
| Waste water discharges nearby | Distance | Official verdict | Treatment | Condition of the pipe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nueva Conducción de Desagüe de Bañaderos | 103 m | not authorised | secondary treatment | good |
| Comunidad de Regantes Fuentes de Quintanilla | 480 m | not authorised | no data | poor |
| Comunidad de Regantes Hoya del Cano | 519 m | not authorised | no data | good |
| Comunidad de Regantes Pozo Los Lentiscos | 808 m | not authorised | no data | good |
| Piscina Particular en Quintanilla 2 | 909 m | not authorised | no data | good |
| Piscina Particular en Quintanilla 1 | 918 m | not authorised | no data | good |
| Conducción de rechazo Arucas - Moya | 960 m | pending | no data | good |
| EBAR en Quintanilla | 1.0 km | not authorised | no data | good |
History
37 samples since 15 May 2023, 2 of them with a ban or warning.
Why this page exists
This page exists because a waste water outlet discharges into the sea 103 metres away and this has repeatedly caused problems with water quality.
Official bathing water profile (PDF)
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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