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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa de Abades (Los Abriguitos) today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 7 September 2026

Calculated for today

No signal today

Reason: discharge 94 m away, authorised

94 metres away, Conducción de desagüe de Los Abriguitos - Abades discharges into the sea, carrying domestic waste water. It does hold a permit. Before that, treatment is limited to screening and sieving. The register describes the condition of the pipe as poor (Precario).

Official sample

E. coli29Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci9Limit 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 14 days, the next sample was expected on 21 September 2026.

Satellite image of Playa de Abades (Los Abriguitos) in Arico, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 94 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa de Abades (Los Abriguitos) in Arico, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 94 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current0.4 km/h
Wave height0.60 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
Conducción de desagüe de Los Abriguitos - Abades94 mauthorisedscreening onlypoor
Edificio El Chinchorro2.2 kmpendingno datapoor
Conducción de desagüe de El Porís2.3 kmauthorisedscreening onlypoor
EBAR Muelle de El Porís2.6 kmnot authorisedno datagood

History

35 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 94 metres away. The measurement series for this zone has been unremarkable so far.

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, 23:48