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

Lanzarote has 31 officially monitored EU bathing waters. For the 2025 season, 30 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
31
Lanzarote
Excellent 2025
30
97 per cent
Blue Flag 2026
6
beaches with a flag
Bans and closures today
0
according to the health service
31 bathing waters
01

Playa de Los Pocillos

TíasexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015
02

Playa de Matagorda

TíasexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015
03

Playa de Pila de la Barrilla

TíasexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015Discharge 120 m
04

Playa Grande (Puerto del Carmen)

TíasexcellentBlue Flagexcellent since 2015Discharge 130 m
05

Playa Blanca

YaizaexcellentBlue Flag2× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 990 m
06

Playa del Reducto

ArrecifeexcellentBlue Flag18× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 340 m
07

Playa Bastián

Teguiseexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 210 m
08

Playa de Caleta del Espino

Haríaexcellentexcellent since 2015
09

Playa de Cocinitas

Haríaexcellentexcellent since 2015
10

Playa de Famara

Teguiseexcellentexcellent since 2015
11

Playa de Guasimeta

San Bartoloméexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 400 m
12

Playa de La Arena (Castillo de San José)

Arrecifeexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 870 m
13

Playa de La Concha

Arrecifeexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 140 m
14

Playa de La Garita (Arrieta)

Haríaexcellentexcellent since 2015
15

Playa de La Ría de La Santa

Tinajoexcellentexcellent since 2015
16

Playa de Las Cucharas

Teguiseexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 840 m
17

Playa de Peña del Dice (Barcarola)

Tíasexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 170 m
18

Playa del Barranquillo

Tíasexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 260 m
19

Playa del Cable

Arrecifeexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 330 m
20

Playa del Caletón Blanco

Haríaexcellentexcellent since 2015
21

Playa del Castillo de San Gabriel

Arrecifeexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 470 m
22

Playa del Jablillo

Teguiseexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 300 m
23

Playa Flamingo

Yaizaexcellentexcellent since 2015Discharge 620 m
24

Playa de Las Caletas

Teguiseexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 310 m
25

Playa de Los Charcos

Teguiseexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015
26

Playa de Puerto Muelas

Yaizaexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015
27

Playa del Ancla

Teguiseexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 250 m
28

Playa del Muelle de la Pescadería

Arrecifeexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 110 m
29

Playa Dorada

Yaizaexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 250 m
30

Playa Honda

San Bartoloméexcellent1× ban/warningexcellent since 2015Discharge 290 m
31

Playa de La Caleta (Caleta de Famara)

Teguisegood2× ban/warning

10 bathing waters on Lanzarote 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.

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.

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.

La Graciosa has no officially monitored EU bathing water. The nearest bathing waters with official data are on Lanzarote.

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.