Officially measured
bathing permitted
Last sample: 31 August 2026
Calculated for today
Weak signal today
Reason: discharge 783 m away, not authorised, slight contamination possible.
The archive of this zone holds one bathing ban or warning.
Official sample
| E. coli | 2 | Limit 500 |
|---|---|---|
| Intestinal enterococci | 6 | Limit 185 |
| Official verdict | bathing permitted (Zona Apta para el baño) | |
| Annual class | excellent (EXCELENTE) | |
This sample was taken on 31 August 2026, so for today it is only an indication. This zone is sampled about every 14 days, the next sample was expected on 14 September 2026.
Conditions today
| Rain over the past 48 hours | 0.0 mm |
|---|---|
| Current | 0.7 km/h |
| Wave height | 1.14 m |
Waste water discharges nearby
| Waste water discharges nearby | Distance | Official verdict | Treatment | Condition of the pipe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ballena | 697 m | pending | no data | no data |
| Banco Español de Algas (BEA) | 783 m | not authorised | no data | good |
| Excedentes de los depósitos de agua de mar del Banco Español de Algas | 826 m | not authorised | no data | good |
| Cultivos Marinos | 873 m | pending | no data | good |
| Aliviadero EBAR Playa del Hombre II | 1.0 km | not authorised | screening only | bad |
| Aliviadero EBAR Playa del Hombre I | 1.2 km | not authorised | screening only | poor |
| EDAM Telde II | 1.3 km | authorised | no data | poor |
| Emisario submarino de Hoya del Pozo (EDAR Hoya del Pozo) | 1.4 km | not authorised | secondary treatment | poor |
History
166 samples since 23 January 2023, 1 of them with a ban or warning.
Why this page exists
This page exists because the official archive for this zone holds one bathing ban.
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