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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa del Hombre today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 24 August 2026

Calculated for today

Weak signal today

Reason: discharge 233 m away, not authorised, slight contamination possible.

233 metres away, Aliviadero EBAR Playa del Hombre I discharges into the sea, 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 poor (Precario).

Official sample

E. coli4Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci3Limit 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 20 days, the next sample was expected on 13 September 2026.

Satellite image of Playa del Hombre in Telde, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 233 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa del Hombre in Telde, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 233 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current0.7 km/h
Wave height1.14 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
Aliviadero EBAR Playa del Hombre I233 mnot authorisedscreening onlypoor
Emisario submarino de Hoya del Pozo (EDAR Hoya del Pozo)403 mnot authorisedsecondary treatmentpoor
Aliviadero EBAR Playa del Hombre II412 mnot authorisedscreening onlybad
Cultivos Marinos825 mpendingno datagood
La Ballena835 mpendingno datano data
Banco Español de Algas (BEA)957 mnot authorisedno datagood
Excedentes de los depósitos de agua de mar del Banco Español de Algas975 mnot authorisedno datagood
Emisario Submarino EBAR Garita III1.2 kmauthorisedscreening onlypoor

History

61 samples since 25 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 233 metres away. The measurement series for this zone has been unremarkable so far.

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