Gran Canaria Water Quality: All Bathing Waters

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Gran Canaria Water Quality: All Bathing Waters
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LIVE 13.10.2026 07:55 (Canary time)

Gran Canaria has 49 officially monitored EU bathing waters. For the 2025 season, 47 of them are rated excellent, 1 good, 0 sufficient and 0 poor.

Each bathing water has its own page with sampling points, bathing bans, discharges nearby and today's UV, sea temperature and waves. The list below can be filtered by rating, Blue Flag and bathing ban history.

Bathing waters
49
Gran Canaria
Excellent 2025
47
96 per cent
Blue Flag 2026
15
beaches with a flag
Bans and closures today
1
according to the health service

Current Bathing Bans and Closures

All Bathing Waters, Best Rating First

49 bathing waters
01

Playa de Arinaga

AgüimesexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015Discharge 730 m 02

Playa de Hoya del Pozo

TeldeexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015Discharge 150 m 03

Playa de Las Burras

San Bartolomé de TirajanaexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015Discharge 200 m 04

Playa de Maspalomas

San Bartolomé de TirajanaexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015 05

Playa de Meloneras

San Bartolomé de TirajanaexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015 06

Playa de Sardina

GáldarexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015Discharge 130 m 07

Playa del Inglés

San Bartolomé de TirajanaexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015Discharge 910 m 08

Playa del Puertillo (Bañaderos)

ArucasexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015Discharge 690 m 09

Playa de Las Nieves

AgaeteexcellentBlue Flag1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 320 m 10

Playa de San Agustín

San Bartolomé de TirajanaexcellentBlue Flag1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 440 m 11

Playa del Burrero

IngenioexcellentBlue Flag1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015 12

Playa de Los Charcones (Bañaderos)

ArucasexcellentBlue Flag2× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 440 m 13

Playa de Melenara

TeldeexcellentBlue Flag2× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 680 m 14

Playa de Salinetas

TeldeexcellentBlue Flag3× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 770 m 15

Playa de Amadores

Mogánexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 520 m 16

Playa de Bocabarranco (Bañaderos)

Arucasexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 580 m 17

Playa de Caleta de Arriba (Caleta de Soria)

Gáldarexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 460 m 18

Playa de Costa Alegre (La Lajilla)

Mogánexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 290 m 19

Playa de La Verga (Anfi del Mar)

Mogánexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 140 m 20

Playa de Las Alcaravaneras

Las Palmas de Gran Canariaexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 370 m 21

Playa de Los Cochinos

San Bartolomé de Tirajanaexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 150 m 22

Playa de Patalavaca

Mogánexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 620 m 23

Playa de Pozo Izquierdo

Santa Lucía de Tirajanaexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 80 m 24

Playa de Puerto Rico

Mogánexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 440 m 25

Playa de Roque Prieto

Santa María de Guía de Gran Canariaexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 230 m 26

Playa de San Andrés

Arucasexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 360 m 27

Playa de San Felipe

Santa María de Guía de Gran Canariaexcellentexcellent since 2015 28

Playa de San Lorenzo (Charco de San Lorenzo)

Moyaexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 90 m 29

Playa de Santa Águeda (El Pajar)

San Bartolomé de Tirajanaexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 500 m 30

Playa de Taurito

Mogánexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 200 m 31

Playa de Vargas

Agüimesexcellentexcellent since 2015 32

Playa del Agujero

Gáldarexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 540 m 33

Playa del Altillo

Moyaexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 290 m 34

Playa del Cabrón

Agüimesexcellentexcellent since 2015 35

Playa del Cura

Mogánexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 540 m 36

Playa de Bahía Feliz (Tarajalillo)

San Bartolomé de Tirajanaexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 800 m 37

Playa de Las Salinas (Piscinas Naturales)

Agaeteexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 460 m 38

Playa de Marañuelas

Mogánexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 320 m 39

Playa del Águila

San Bartolomé de Tirajanaexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 30 m 40

Playa del Hombre

Teldeexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 160 m 41

Playa de Ojos de Garza

Teldeexcellent2× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 580 m 42

Playa de La Garita

TeldeexcellentBlue Flag1× ban/warningexcellent since 2016Discharge 430 m 43

Playa de La Laja

Las Palmas de Gran Canariaexcellent2× ban/warningexcellent since 2016 44

Playa y Piscinas Naturales de Castillo del Romeral

San Bartolomé de Tirajanaexcellentexcellent since 2018 45

Playa de Las Canteras

Las Palmas de Gran Canariaexcellent1× ban/warningDischarge 800 m 46

Playa de Tauro

MogánexcellentDischarge 110 m 47

Playa del Perchel

MogánexcellentDischarge 280 m 48

Playa de Mogán

Mogángood1× ban/warningDischarge 610 m 49

Playa de El Confital

Las Palmas de Gran Canarianot classifiedbathing prohibited9× ban/warning

Beaches With a Bathing Ban History

17 bathing waters on Gran Canaria have had at least one temporary bathing ban, closure or advice not to bathe since 2023, according to Náyade and the Canary Islands health service. The list is sorted by the number of entries; date, sampling point and reason are on each beach's page.

Below «Excellent» in the Last Four Seasons

Map of All Bathing Waters

The colour shows the 2025 EU rating: dark blue excellent, light blue good, amber sufficient, red poor or closed, grey not classified. Tap a dot to see the name and the link to its page.

How This Overview Is Made

The rating comes from the European Environment Agency, which assesses the Spanish health authorities' measurements under the EU Bathing Water Directive. It is based on all samples of the last four bathing seasons; the limits for E. coli and intestinal enterococci are set in the directive.

The ranking sorts by the 2025 rating, then by the number of consecutive years rated excellent, then by Blue Flag and by the number of bathing bans since 2023, and finally alphabetically. Where a bathing water has several sampling points, the weakest one counts.

Current status, bathing bans and lab results come from the Canary Islands health service (Servicio Canario de la Salud) and from Náyade, the information system of the Spanish Ministry of Health. We check the status three times a day and the lab results every day.

The Blue Flag comes from ADEAC's official 2026 list, the discharges from the Canary Islands government's official 2025 register. Weather, sea and waves are Open-Meteo model values and not an official bathing warning.

The EU rating describes water quality over several years, not today. On site, the lifeguards' flags and the council's notices always apply.

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Sources

We check the official data daily and the weather values three times a day (07:15, 13:15 and 19:15 Canary time). We use only official or open sources; where a value is missing, the page says so.