Why is the 2011 table misleading?

The linked page from the Servicio Canario de la Salud (SCS) shows a historical data table with the monitoring month April 2011. It lists a long bathing season for Gran Canaria from 1 March to 30 November 2011 and a short season from 1 June to 30 September 2011.

Several zones are explicitly marked "Sin datos", including Santa Águeda, Roque Prieto, San Felipe, Hoya del Pozo and Ojos de Garza. The table contains no prices, fees, application procedures or closure dates for the present day.

How is water quality checked today?

Results are continuously entered into the national Náyade information system and are publicly accessible.

What does this mean for bathers in Mogán?

Residents, expats and visitors are subject to the same official bathing advice. What matters is the current classification of the specific bathing zone, not the linked table from 2011.

If there is advice against bathing, or a bathing ban, the water should be avoided. The official site provides a map for this and points to Náyade and the relevant beach profiles.

What is known about Playa El Cura itself?

The register records medium occupancy and moderate waves. Access is on foot without difficulty and by car, and there is a car park.

Showers, toilets, a children's area, a sports area, a surf zone, diving facilities and naturism are not listed.

What is the difference between drinking water and bathing water?

The water supplier AGUAS DE ARGUINEGUIN, S.A. warns on its website of elevated chloride and sodium levels in the drinking water of several zones in Mogán. According to the company, the affected areas are Pueblo Tauro, Playa del Cura, Caideros, Calas and Patalavaca.

In Pueblo Tauro and Playa del Cura, levels reach 400 mg/l chloride and 250 mg/l sodium according to AGUAS DE ARGUINEGUIN. In Caideros, Calas and Patalavaca, the chloride level is 350 mg/l.

This warning concerns drinking water, not the seawater at Playa del Cura. The health authority monitors both areas separately under different rules.

What remains unclear?

The linked document does not show which beaches are currently closed or open. An up-to-date report would require the latest entries from the health authority or Náyade and, where applicable, orders from the relevant municipality.

The source gives no specific closure dates for the present day. This single historical page contains no month-on-month or year-on-year comparison.