Bathing water quality in Murcia, Spain

Murcia has 85 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season — all coastal. 96.5% were classified Excellent — 9.9 points above the 86.6% across Spain — and 0 were Poor. 78 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Calidad de las aguas de baño en Región de Murcia

De 85 zonas de baño oficiales de la UE en Región de Murcia, el 96,5 % fue «excelente» en 2025; zonas con calificación «insuficiente»: 0.

Ensenada del Esparto beach on the Mediterranean, Murcia — Photo: Concepcion AMAT ORTA…, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

official bathing waters

96.5%

Excellent in 2025

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.

Before you swim in Murcia

Ministry of Health (NÁYADE system) and the regional health authorities

Bathing season in Spain: Set by each autonomous community. NÁYADE covers every officially registered sea and inland bathing zone.

Annual EEA classes do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. National information last checked 2026-11-01.

NÁYADE (Ministry of Health) →

Map of official bathing waters in Murcia

Excellent 82Good 2Poor 0Not classified 1

How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. The white area is this region; neighbouring regions are shaded. Sea and large lakes are blue, neighbouring countries grey. Positions: official EEA coordinates. Boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024, generalised (© EuroGeographics); lakes: Natural Earth. Outlines are simplified, so a few shoreline dots can sit just offshore.

Most consistent Excellent sites

78 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 24 are shown and every site is in the full list below.

PLAYA ANTILLAS PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA BAHIA PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA BARNUEVO PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA BOLNUEVO PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA CALA CERRADA PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA CALA CORTINA PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA CALA DEL PINO PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA CALA FLORES PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA CALABARDINA PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA CALARREONA PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA CALBLANQUE PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA CALNEGRE PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA DE CAVANNAS PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA DE LA GOLA PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA DE LEVANTE PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA DE LEVANTE-ISLAS MENORES PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA DE PONIENTE PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA DE PONIENTE-ISLAS MENORES PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA DEL BARCO PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA DEL GALAN PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA DEL MOJON PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA EL ALAMILLO PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA EL CASTILLICO PM1 11 seasons
PLAYA EL HORNILLO PM1 11 seasons

Rated Poor in 2025

None of the 85 official bathing waters in Murcia was classified Poor in 2025.

How Murcia rated since 2015

Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.

Season	Classified	Excellent	Excellent share
2025	84	82	97.6%
2024	84	82	97.6%
2023	84	83	98.8%
2022	84	83	98.8%
2021	83	83	100%
2020	83	83	100%
2019	83	83	100%
2018	83	83	100%
2017	81	81	100%
2016	81	81	100%
2015	81	80	98.8%

Places with the most bathing waters in Murcia

Each site is matched to its nearest named place (GeoNames, within 8 km in a straight line), so beaches of one resort or lake shore can be compared together. Select a place to show only its sites in the full list.

Top 12 places by number of official bathing waters
Place	Sites	Excellent
La Manga del Mar Menor	13	13 (100%)
Águilas	11	11 (100%)
Mazarrón	8	7 (87.5%)
Los Nietos	7	7 (100%)
Lo Pagán	6	6 (100%)
Los Alcázares	6	6 (100%)
Playa Honda	4	3 (75%)
San Ginés de la Jara	3	3 (100%)
Santiago de la Ribera	3	3 (100%)
Urbanización Todosol	3	3 (100%)
Atamaría	2	2 (100%)
Cabo de Palos	2	2 (100%)

All 85 official bathing waters in Murcia

Grouped by water type, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.

Download all 85 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Coastal 85 sites · 96.5% Excellent

PLAYA ANTILLAS PM1 · Los Nietos Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA BAHIA PM1 · Mazarrón Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA BARNUEVO PM1 · Santiago de la Ribera Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA BOLNUEVO PM1 · Mazarrón Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA CALA CERRADA PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA CALA CORTINA PM1 · Cartagena Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA CALA DEL PINO PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA CALA FLORES PM1 · Cabo de Palos Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA CALA REONA PM1 · Playa Honda Excellent Excellent 4 seasons in a row
PLAYA CALABARDINA PM1 · Urbanización Todosol Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA CALARREONA PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA CALBLANQUE PM1 · Los Belones Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA CALNEGRE PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA DE CAVANNAS PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA DE EL CHARCO PM1 · Urbanización Todosol Excellent Excellent 8 seasons in a row
PLAYA DE LA CASICA VERDE PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 8 seasons in a row
PLAYA DE LA GOLA PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA DE LEVANTE PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA DE LEVANTE-ISLAS MENORES PM1 · Los Nietos Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA DE PONIENTE PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA DE PONIENTE-ISLAS MENORES PM1 · Los Nietos Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA DEL BARCO PM1 · Atamaría Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA DEL GALAN PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA DEL MOJON PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA DEL PUERTO PM1 · Mazarrón Good
PLAYA EL ALAMILLO PM1 · Mazarrón Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA EL CASTILLICO PM1 · Lo Pagán Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA EL ESTACIO PM1 Not classified
PLAYA EL HORNILLO PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA EL MOJON-DERECHA PM1 · San Pedro del Pinatar Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA EL PEDRUCHILLO PM1 · Los Nietos Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA EL PORTUS PM1 · Barrio de la Concepción Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA EL TABAL PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA EL VIVERO PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA ENTREMARES PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA ESTRELLA DE MAR PM1 · San Ginés de la Jara Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA GALUA PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA GRANDE-CASTELLAR PM1 · Mazarrón Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA HONDA PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA ISLA PLANA PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA AZOHIA-PLAYA EL CUARTEL PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA CAROLINA PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA CHAPINETA PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA COLA PM1 · Urbanización Todosol Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA COLONIA PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA ENSENADA DEL ESPARTO PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA HIGUERICA PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA ISLA PM1 · Mazarrón Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA LLANA-LAS SALINAS PM1 · Lo Pagán Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA MOTA PM1 · Lo Pagán Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LA PUNTICA PM1 · Lo Pagán Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LAS AMOLADERAS PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LAS DELICIAS PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LAS GAVIOTAS PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LAS PALMERAS PM1 · Los Alcázares Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LAS SIRENAS PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LEVANTE-CABO PALOS PM1 · Cabo de Palos Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LOS NAREJOS PM1 · Los Alcázares Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LOS NIETOS PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LOS NIETOS PM2 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LOS URRUTIAS PM1 · San Ginés de la Jara Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA LOS URRUTIAS PM2 · San Ginés de la Jara Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA MAR DE CRISTAL PM1 · Los Nietos Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA MATALENTISCO PM1 · Águilas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA MISTRAL PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA NARES PM1 · Mazarrón Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PARAISO PM1 · Playa Honda Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PASEO CARRI?N PM1 · Los Alcázares Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PASEO COLON PM1 · Santiago de la Ribera Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PASEO DE LA CONCHA PM1 · Los Alcázares Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PASEO DE MANZANARES PM1 · Los Alcázares Excellent Excellent 10 seasons in a row
PLAYA PASEO DEL ESPEJO PM1 · Los Alcázares Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PEDRUCHO NORTE PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PERCHELES PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PLAYA RIGUETE PM1 · Mazarrón Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PORTMAN-EL LASTRE PM1 · Atamaría Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PUERTO BELLO PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PUNTA BRAVA PM1 · Algar Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA PUNTA DE CALNEGRE PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA SAN GINES PM1 Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA TORRE DERRIBADA PM1 · Lo Pagán Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA VENECIOLA PM1 · Santiago de la Ribera Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA VILLANANITOS PM1 · Lo Pagán Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PLAYA VILLAS CARAVANNING PM1 · Playa Honda Good
PLAYAS LOS ALISIOS PM1 · La Manga del Mar Menor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row

Compared with other autonomous communities in Spain

#	Autonomous community	Sites	Excellent	Poor
1	Andalusia	382	96.6%	2
2	Murcia	85	96.5%	0
3	Canary Islands	218	95.9%	0
4	Catalonia	263	92.8%	1
5	Galicia	519	89.2%	5
6	Valencian Community	293	88.4%	5
7	Asturias	73	86.3%	2
8	Cantabria	40	85%	1
9	Basque Country	62	72.6%	2
10	Balearic Islands	191	69.6%	3
11	Navarre	15	66.7%	0
12	Castilla–La Mancha	38	60.5%	7
13	Aragon	21	42.9%	1
14	Castile and León	41	36.6%	7
15	Extremadura	29	31%	11

Autonomous communities with at least 15 official bathing waters. Size, water type and how densely sites are designated differ, so the table is context rather than a verdict.

Quick answers

How many bathing waters in Murcia were rated Excellent in 2025?: 82 of 85 (96.5%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 2 were Good, 0 Sufficient and 0 Poor, and 1 had no class. That ranks Murcia 2 of 15 Spain autonomous communities by Excellent share.
Which beaches in Murcia have the best long-term record?: 78 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example PLAYA ANTILLAS PM1, PLAYA BAHIA PM1, PLAYA BARNUEVO PM1. See the ranking.
Which places in Murcia have the most official bathing waters?: La Manga del Mar Menor (13, 100% Excellent), Águilas (11, 100% Excellent), Mazarrón (8, 87.5% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
Were any bathing waters in Murcia rated Poor?: No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?: On NÁYADE (Ministry of Health) (Ministry of Health (NÁYADE system) and the regional health authorities). Temporary bans, pollution alerts and closures are published there and on signs at the water, not in the annual EEA class.

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Sources and method

Bathing-water records: European Environment Agency (EEA), data and coordinates reported by Spain, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and area boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). A site belongs to the area that contains its reported coordinates; a site up to 10 km off the generalised coastline is placed in the nearest area of Spain. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.