Playa La Colonia Pm1

23.9°C Water temp · Jun 8

Spain Coastal 1 - Excellent 23.9°C

Satellite image of PLAYA LA COLONIA PM1 — Satellite image © Esri

Playa La Colonia is an artificial beach in Águilas composed of sand with a dark sandy bottom. The beach extends 580 metres in length with an average width of 40 metres. It experiences high occupancy and is in an urbanized area with a promenade. The beach has been awarded the Blue Flag award.

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Water

Coastal Mediterranean Sea water. The bathing zone is 580 metres long with an average width of 40 metres. Water renewal occurs in less than 7 days. Microtidal regime with amplitude less than 2 metres.

Location

Águilas, Murcia region, Spain. The bathing zone is located at UTM coordinates 625345.14 X, 4140704.3 Y (Zone 30 N), latitude 37.402797°, longitude -1.585039°.

Facilities

Showers (1), foot wash stations (8), toilets (4). No change rooms. Children's playground is present in the sand area.

Water Quality

Water quality was classified as excellent for the period 2000–2009. In 2010, overall quality was excellent, though a short-duration episode occurred in the first week of August. In 2011, quality was classified as excellent. Toxic phytoplankton proliferation is a natural phenomenon that rarely affects public health or ecosystems; sampling in 2008 and 2009 showed practically no potentially toxic cells during any monitoring campaign.

Risks

In August 2010, the beach was closed due to overflow of the wastewater treatment plant, characterized by a short-duration contamination episode. The risk of short-duration episodes is low. Medusas have seasonal appearance periods with maximum abundance between early spring and late summer; their production is highly variable. Toxic phytoplankton proliferation risk is null or very low.