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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa de la Arena (Mesa del Mar) today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 7 September 2026

Calculated for today

No signal today

Reason: discharge 243 m away, not authorised

243 metres away, Edificio "Playasol" discharges into the sea, carrying domestic waste water. The register lists no permit for it. The plant upstream has a secondary stage.

Official sample

E. coli29Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci80Limit 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 la Arena (Mesa del Mar) in Tacoronte, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 243 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa de la Arena (Mesa del Mar) in Tacoronte, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 243 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current1.7 km/h
Wave height1.36 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
Edificio "Playasol"243 mnot authorisedsecondary treatmentno data
Edificios "Mar y Sol" y "El Roque"326 mnot authorisedsecondary treatmentgood

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 243 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, 22:49