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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa de la Concha today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 31 August 2026

Calculated for today

Weak signal today

Reason: discharge 162 m away, not authorised, slight contamination possible.

162 metres away, EBAR La Concha 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. coli9Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci2Limit 185
Official verdictbathing permitted (Zona Apta para el baño)
Annual classexcellent (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.

Satellite image of Playa de la Concha in Arrecife, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 162 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa de la Concha in Arrecife, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 162 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current0.4 km/h
Wave height0.62 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
EBAR La Concha162 mnot authorisedno datano data
EBAR Los Robles - Los Roques426 mnot authorisedno datagood
EBAR El Cable973 mnot authorisedno datagood
EBAR Mesana1.2 kmnot authorisedno datano data
Aliviadero de saneamiento zona Cabildo1.8 kmnot authorisedno datagood
EBAR Portugal y EBAR Las Buganvillas2.1 kmnot authorisedscreening and sievinggood
Pluviales Aeropuerto de Lanzarote2.6 kmauthorisedno datano data
EBAR Casino2.9 kmnot authorisedno datagood

History

34 samples since 22 May 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 162 metres away. The measurement series for this zone has been unremarkable so far.

Official bathing water profile (PDF)

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Beaches nearby

  • Playa del Cable 672 m
  • Playa Honda 716 m
  • Playa de Guasimeta 1.6 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, 22:49