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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa de Candelaria today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 7 September 2026

Calculated for today

Weak signal today

Reason: discharge 292 m away, not authorised, slight contamination possible.

At a distance of 292 metres lies the discharge point Aliviadero EBAR Ayuntamiento - Aparcamiento, 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. coli9Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci29Limit 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 Candelaria in Candelaria, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 292 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa de Candelaria in Candelaria, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 292 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current0.3 km/h
Wave height0.82 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
Aliviadero EBAR Ayuntamiento - Aparcamiento292 mnot authorisedscreening onlygood
Aliviadero EBAR San Blas413 mauthorisedno datano data
Nueva Conducción de Vertido de San Blas587 mauthorisedscreening and sievingpoor
Aliviadero EBAR Piscina692 mnot authorisedscreening onlypoor
Piscina Municipal Candelaria802 mpendingno datagood
Piscinas Club Náutico la galera974 mauthorisedno datano data
Conducción de saneamiento1.2 kmnot authorisedno datano data
Aliviadero EBAR La Viuda1.4 kmnot authorisedno databad

Treatment plants without a biological stage nearby

PlantPopulation equivalentsDistance
ETAR de San Blas7,898586 m
ETAR de Punta Larga12,8041.7 km
ETAR de Caletillas4,1522.9 km

History

75 samples since 23 January 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 292 metres away and water quality here has been officially objected to once before.

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