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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa de Piscinas Naturales del Caletón today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 7 September 2026

Calculated for today

Weak signal today

Reason: discharge 195 m away, pending, slight contamination possible.

195 metres away, Aliviadero EBAR Muelle discharges into the sea, carrying domestic waste water. According to the register the permit is still pending. 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 Piscinas Naturales del Caletón in Garachico, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 195 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa de Piscinas Naturales del Caletón in Garachico, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 195 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current6.5 km/h
Wave height1.46 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
Aliviadero EBAR Muelle195 mpendingscreening onlypoor
Aliviadero EBAR Avenida Marítima - La Piscina295 mpendingscreening onlygood
Aliviadero EBAR Las Cruces1.6 kmnot authorisedscreening onlygood
EBAR Caleta de Interián2.3 kmnot authorisedscreening onlybad

Treatment plants without a biological stage nearby

PlantPopulation equivalentsDistance
ETBAR de Garachico4,1571.9 km

History

36 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 195 metres away. The measurement series for this zone has been unremarkable so far.

Official bathing water profile (PDF)

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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