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Sunday, 13. September 2026

Water quality at Playa del Bobo today

Officially measured

bathing permitted

Last sample: 24 August 2026

Calculated for today

Weak signal today

Reason: discharge 175 m away, pending, slight contamination possible.

175 metres away, Aliviadero EBAR Pueblo Canario 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. coli30Limit 500
Intestinal enterococci29Limit 185
Official verdictbathing permitted (Zona Apta para el baño)
Annual classexcellent (EXCELENTE)

This sample was taken on 24 August 2026, so for today it is only an indication. This zone is sampled about every 21 days, the next sample was expected on 14 September 2026.

Satellite image of Playa del Bobo in Adeje, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 175 metres away.
Satellite image of Playa del Bobo in Adeje, with the position of the nearest wastewater outfall 175 metres away. Map data: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.

Conditions today

Rain over the past 48 hours0.0 mm
Current1.2 km/h
Wave height0.82 m

Waste water discharges nearby

Waste water discharges nearbyDistanceOfficial verdictTreatmentCondition of the pipe
Aliviadero EBAR Pueblo Canario175 mpendingscreening onlypoor
Hotel Jardín Tropical431 mauthorisedno datapoor
Aliviadero EBAR Barranco de Troya600 mauthorisedscreening onlypoor
Piscinas Club Náutico Puerto Colón932 mnot authorisedno datano data
Emisario Submarino Adeje - Arona (Barranco de Troya)938 mnot authorisedsecondary treatmentpoor
Aliviadero EBAR Torviscas1.1 kmauthorisedscreening onlygood
Aliviadero EBAR Playa de Troya1.4 kmauthorisedscreening onlygood
Emisario submarino Adeje-Arona1.5 kmauthorisedsecondary treatmentno data

History

57 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 175 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