Officially measured

Pendiente Valoración por Administración Sanitaria

Most recent sample: 7 September 2026

Calculated for today

Some concern today

Reason: discharge 476 metres away, not authorised, slight contamination possible.

Playa de El Médano is situated in Granadilla de Abona on Tenerife. The beach is approximately 130 metres long and about 30 metres wide, making it only about half as long as the average bathing area on Tenerife. The seabed consists of golden sand. The bathing area is partly open and partly sheltered, and the official profile describes the swell as moderate.

Most recent official sample

E. coli	29	Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci	7	Limit 185
Official verdict	Pendiente Valoración por Administración Sanitaria
Annual class	excellent (EXCELENTE)

The most recent sample was taken on 7 September 2026. For conditions today it is only an indication. This zone is sampled about every 14 days, and by that rhythm the next sample is due on 21 September 2026.

Satellite image of Playa de El Médano in Granadilla de Abona, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 476 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours	0.0 millimetres
Current	0.9 km/h
Wave height	0.58 metres

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearby	Distance	Official verdict	Treatment	Condition of the pipe
EBAR Los Balos	476 Meter	not authorised	no data	poor
Emisario submarino El Médano	606 Meter	not authorised	no data	bad
EBAR Beach I	1.6 Kilometer	not authorised	no data	poor
Emisario Submarino de La Batata - Ensenada Pelada	1.9 Kilometer	pending	screening and sieving	bad

Treatment plants without a biological stage nearby

Plant	Population equivalents	Distance
ETAR de Ensenada Pelada	29,074	1.9 Kilometer

History

78 samples since 23 January 2023, none of them with a ban or warning.

This page exists because a waste water outlet discharges into the sea 476 metres away. The measurement series for this zone has been unremarkable so far.

Official bathing water profile (PDF)

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Beaches nearby

For the nearest zones it is noted where the same discharge lies nearby. Whether it reaches a stretch of coast depends on current and rainfall:

Playa de El Médano-Chica 172 Meter same discharge at 620 Meter
Playa del Cabezo 516 Meter same discharge at 979 Meter
Playa de El Médano-Leocadio Machado 549 Meter same discharge at 96 Meter

All bathing zones on Tenerife To the map of all Canary Islands

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: 2026-09-14, 13:11

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