Swimming in Spain

In the Canary Islands. The sea is typically 19 to 20 °C in January at Las Canteras, Maspalomas, Las Teresitas and El Caletón, and about 19 °C at Famara, then 18 to 20 °C in February and March. Around Mallorca and Menorca it drops to 14 or 15 °C in winter, and the swimming season there runs from June to November.

On Mallorca, TIB bus 334 stops at Formentor beach and lines 508, 517 and 518 serve both ends of Es Trenc. On Menorca, the Consell's summer beach buses run from Ciutadella to Cala Macarella, Cala en Turqueta and Son Saura. In the Canaries, Global lines 30 and 50 run from Las Palmas to the Maspalomas lighthouse, TITSA 910 from Santa Cruz to Las Teresitas, and Intercity Lanzarote line 20 from Arrecife to Caleta de Famara.

Es Trenc on Mallorca, where the tourist board notes that swimming without a costume is accepted, and Playa de Maspalomas on Gran Canaria, which has a marked naturist section towards the lighthouse end.

Playa de Famara on Lanzarote, six kilometres of sand open to the Atlantic with strong waves and steady wind, draws surfers, windsurfers and kitesurfers; lifeguards watch from three towers there, so check the flag. In Las Palmas the surf zone is La Cícer at the south end of Las Canteras, and on Gran Canaria's south coast surfers use the bend where Maspalomas meets Playa del Inglés.

Every place listed here with an EEA monitoring site was classified excellent in the 2025 EEA bathing season.