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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa del Reducto today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 8 September 2026

Calculated for today

Weak signal today

Reason: discharge 364 m away, not authorised, slight contamination possible.

At a distance of 284 metres lies the discharge point EBAR Portugal y EBAR Las Buganvillas, 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 good (Bueno).

Official sample

E. coli99Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci2Limit 185
Official verdictbathing permitted (Zona Apta para el baño)
Annual classexcellent (EXCELENTE)

This sample was taken on 8 September 2026, so for today it is only an indication. This zone is sampled about every 14 days, the next sample was expected on 22 September 2026.

Satellite image of Playa del Reducto in Arrecife, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 284 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa del Reducto in Arrecife, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 284 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 Portugal y EBAR Las Buganvillas284 mnot authorisedscreening and sievinggood
Aliviadero de saneamiento zona Cabildo364 mnot authorisedno datagood
EBAR Casino908 mnot authorisedno datagood
EBAR El Cable1.2 kmnot authorisedno datagood
EBAR Alcorde1.3 kmnot authorisedno datagood
EBAR Barquillo1.4 kmnot authorisedno datano data
EBAR Puntilla1.5 kmnot authorisedno datano data
EBAR La Concha2.0 kmnot authorisedno datano data

History

212 samples since 23 January 2023, 18 of them with a ban or warning.

Why this page exists

This page exists because a waste water outlet discharges into the sea 284 metres away and this has repeatedly caused problems with water quality.

Official bathing water profile (PDF)

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Beaches nearby

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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