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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa del Águila today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 25 August 2026

Calculated for today

Weak signal today

Reason: discharge 107 m away, not authorised, slight contamination possible.

107 metres away, EBAR Pozo del Águila discharges into the sea, carrying domestic waste water. The register lists no permit for it. No treatment stage is documented for it.

Official sample

E. coli1Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci12Limit 185
Official verdictbathing permitted (Zona Apta para el baño)
Annual classexcellent (EXCELENTE)

This sample was taken on 25 August 2026, so for today it is only an indication. This zone is sampled about every 28 days, the next sample was expected on 22 September 2026.

Satellite image of Playa del Águila in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 107 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa del Águila in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 107 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current0.9 km/h
Wave height0.50 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
EBAR Pozo del Águila107 mnot authorisedno datano data
Aliviadero EBAR Playa del Águila440 mnot authorisedno datagood
Conducción de desagüe de Bahía Feliz (EDAM Maspalomas I + EDAR Bahía Feliz)643 mauthorisedsecondary treatmentgood
Aliviadero EBAR Monte El Moro996 mnot authorisedno datagood
Conducción de desagüe Las Burras I (EDAM Maspalomas II + EDAM Maspalomas III)2.7 kmnot authorisedno datagood
Conducción de desagüe Las Burras II2.7 kmauthorisedno datagood

History

53 samples since 24 January 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 107 metres away. The measurement series for this zone has been unremarkable so far.

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