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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa de Muelle de la Pescadería today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 10 August 2026

Calculated for today

Weak signal today

Reason: discharge 40 m away, not authorised, slight contamination possible.

Less than 40 metres from the beach, EBAR Casino discharges into the sea, carrying domestic waste water. The register lists no permit for it. No treatment stage is documented for it. The register describes the condition of the pipe as good (Bueno).

Official sample

E. coli29Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci9Limit 185
Official verdictbathing permitted (Zona Apta para el baño)
Annual classexcellent (EXCELENTE)

This sample was taken on 10 August 2026, so for today it is only an indication. This zone is sampled about every 14 days, the next sample was expected on 24 August 2026.

Satellite image of Playa de Muelle de la Pescadería in Arrecife, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 40 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa de Muelle de la Pescadería in Arrecife, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 40 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 Casino40 mnot authorisedno datagood
EBAR Alcorde668 mnot authorisedno datagood
EBAR Barquillo708 mnot authorisedno datano data
EBAR Puntilla719 mnot authorisedno datano data
EBAR Portugal y EBAR Las Buganvillas801 mnot authorisedscreening and sievinggood
Aliviadero de saneamiento zona Cabildo1.1 kmnot authorisedno datagood
IPFP Marítimo Pesquero1.3 kmauthorisedno datagood
Emisario Submarino Puerto Naos1.6 kmpendingsecondary treatmentpoor

History

35 samples since 22 May 2023, 1 of them with a ban or warning.

Why this page exists

This page exists because a waste water outlet discharges into the sea 40 metres away and water quality here has been officially objected to once before.

Official bathing water profile (PDF)

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Beaches nearby

  • Playa de Castillo de San Gabriel (El Castillo) 460 m
  • Playa del Reducto 869 m
  • Playa del Cable 2.2 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