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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa del Confital today

Officially measured

bathing temporarily prohibited

Last sample: 25 February 2026

Calculated for today

No signal today

Reason: discharge 1965 m away, authorised

Since 23 January 2023 the authority has recorded a bathing ban or warning at this zone 8 times.

Official sample

E. coli1Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci8Limit 185
Official verdictbathing temporarily prohibited (Zona donde queda prohibido el baño temporalmente)
Annual classnot classified (SIN CALIFICAR)

This sample was taken on 25 February 2026, so for today it is only an indication. This zone is sampled about every 30 days, the next sample was expected on 27 March 2026.

Satellite image of Playa del Confital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 1965 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa del Confital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 1965 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current0.3 km/h
Wave height1.48 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
Conducción de desagüe del Acuario 'Poema del Mar'2.0 kmauthorisedno datano data
EBAS Albareda2.3 kmnot authorisedno datano data
Galería intercambiador de guaguas salida norte2.3 kmnot authorisedno datano data
Posible salida intercambiador de guaguas2.4 kmnot authorisedno datano data
Salida de la galería del intercambiador de guaguas salida sur / EBAS Santa Catalina2.5 kmnot authorisedno datagood
Aliviadero EBAR Santa Catalina2.6 kmnot authorisedscreening and sievingno data
Vertido de pluviales2.6 kmnot authorisedno datano data
Sertego: Planta de almacenamiento y tratamiento final de desechos líquidos generados por los buques.2.6 kmauthorisedsecondary treatmentno data

History

8 samples since 23 January 2023, 8 of them with a ban or warning.

Why this page exists

This page exists because the official archive for this zone holds 8 bathing bans or warnings.

Official bathing water profile (PDF)

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Beaches nearby

All bathing zones on Gran Canaria 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