Playa de la Garita Swimming Forecast

Playa de la Garita scores 67/100 for swimming today at its best ability level (expert). The beach faces E. A compact, roughly 260 m dark volcanic-sand beach on Gran Canaria's east coast, sheltered within its bay yet exposed to Atlantic trade-wind chop. Fine sand overlies a lava platform, with rocks near a tidal blowhole at the north end; the beach break suits bodyboarding in easterly swell. Bathing is flag-supervised, lifeguards on duty through summer to 30 September. Low tide exposes submerged rock, so higher tide is safer for entry.