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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa de la Caleta (Caleta de Famara) today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 7 September 2026

Calculated for today

No signal today

no discharge within three kilometres

Since 23 January 2023 the authority has recorded a bathing ban or warning at this zone 2 times.

Official sample

E. coli9Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci2Limit 185
Official verdictbathing permitted (Zona Apta para el baño)
Annual classexcellent (EXCELENTE)

This sample was taken on 7 September 2026, so for today it is only an indication. This zone is sampled about every 20 days, the next sample was expected on 27 September 2026.

Satellite image of Playa de la Caleta (Caleta de Famara) in Teguise.
Satellite image of Playa de la Caleta (Caleta de Famara) in Teguise. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current0.4 km/h
Wave height1.38 m

Waste water discharges nearby

No registered discharge within three kilometres.

History

65 samples since 23 January 2023, 2 of them with a ban or warning.

Why this page exists

This page exists because the official archive for this zone holds 2 bathing bans or warnings.

Official bathing water profile (PDF)

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Beaches nearby

  • Playa de Famara 1.5 km
  • Playa de la Ría de la Santa (Santa Sport) 8.5 km
  • Playa de la Garita (Arrieta) 9.9 km

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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, 23:48