What is cancelled in Arona on 11 November?
The Ayuntamiento de Arona stopped all public outdoor events at 19:10 on 10 November. The order applies from 00:00 on Wednesday 11 November.
The council also suspends events for the public in municipal buildings (instalaciones municipales). Anyone who booked something indoors with the council should check too.
Los Cristianos and Playa de las Américas lie in the municipality of Arona, so the order covers them. The council text does not name the resorts, though, as it speaks of the whole municipality.
The town hall names no individual cancelled events. Visitors should ask their hotel, organiser or ticket seller before heading to an open-air event.
The notice does not say whether beaches, parks or sports facilities close. It also says nothing about private events, restaurants or hotels.
How long does the suspension last?
According to the Ayuntamiento, the suspension lasts until the weather episode ends in the municipality. The notice gives no end date or time.
The state weather service AEMET lets its Tenerife warnings expire at 14:00 on 11 November. That does not guarantee a reopening, which depends on a new notice from the town hall.
During Storm Bruna, Arona lifted its ban at 11:30 on 8 November. According to AEMET, Bruna proved weaker than expected, with gusts of 112 km/h at Izaña.
The PEIN plan dropped back to pre-alert on 8 November. Both the Bruna notice and the current one appeared on the press page of the official website, where the town hall is expected to announce the lifting.
How serious is the weather on Tenerife?
AEMET has issued the peligro importante (significant danger) warning level for the east, south and west of Tenerife, with gusts of up to 110 km/h. The warning runs from 21:00 on 10 November until 14:00 on 11 November.
In the north of the island, AEMET warns of gusts of up to 120 km/h over the same period. The Gobierno de Canarias (Canary Islands government) has declared the alerta máxima for wind on the Tenerife summits and on La Palma.
Emergency services expect summit gusts of around 136 km/h around Teide National Park. Gusts above 120 km/h may last until about 13:00 on 11 November, and they are especially strong in the south-east of the island.
Up to 20 l/m² of rain per hour is forecast on Tenerife, along with swells of 3 to 4 metres. High tide comes at about 01:40 to 02:05 and from 14:00 to 14:25 on 11 November, so people should avoid piers and exposed coast at high water.
The warnings are linked to Storm Charles, the third named storm of the season after Adam and Bruna. The town hall names no storm in its notice.
Who decides on cancellations like this?
The yellow, orange and red warning colours come from AEMET and measure the weather itself. The Gobierno de Canarias sets the alert level of the regional emergency plan PEFMA: prealerta, alerta or alerta máxima.
The Cabildo de Tenerife (island government) activates the island plan PEIN, while the municipalities decide their own measures. The PEFMA rests on Decreto 18/2014 of 20 March, published in the BOC (Canary Islands official gazette) No. 70 on 9 April 2014.
Arona bases its order on the PEIN alert declared on 10 November. The town hall gives the alert level only as alerta, with no colour.
The notice refers to the activation of CECOPAL and PEMU, both municipal emergency plans, on 11 November. It names neither the mayor nor any officials.
Other municipalities have decided similarly: Yaiza on Lanzarote by decree on 16 December 2024, and Arrecife during a wind alert in February 2026. In March 2026 the Cabildo cancelled the Tenerife Bluetrail, with 3,400 registered runners from 64 countries, because outdoor sport was banned.
What remains open, and what should visitors do?
It is open which events in Los Cristianos and Playa de las Américas will actually be cancelled. The town hall has published no list.
There is no confirmed information on access to Teide on 11 November, or on flights and ferries. The only advice is to avoid activities on the summits.
During Storm Bruna, the Cabildo asked people to avoid ravines, flooded roads and exposed coasts. Cabildo president Rosa Dávila and environment councillor Blanca Pérez called the measures “restrictions that must be respected”.
On 6 November, Protección Civil (civil protection) had expected a possible renewed worsening of the weather on Wednesday. That day is now 11 November, and AEMET says the warnings end at 14:00.