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Date Published: 02/07/2026

Spain's Black Flag beaches for 2026: The full list from Murcia to the Canary Islands

The full list of Spain's most environmentally troubled beaches and coastal areas in 2026

The Mar Menor in 2019

Environmental group Ecologistas en Acción has published its annual beach report and as in previous years, 48 Black Flags have been handed out to coastal sites across Spain identified as suffering from pollution or poor environmental management.

The group inspects more than 8,000km of Spanish coastline each year, awarding two flags per province or autonomous city to highlight the most significant cases.

Here's the full list for 2026:

Andalucía

• Huelva: Marismas del Tinto and Playa Central de Isla Cristina

• Cádiz: Bahía de Algeciras and the beaches of El Palmar, Trafalgar, Los Caños, Atlanterra, Valdevaqueros and Los Lances

• Málaga: Playa de Maro and the dune field at the Marbella Leisure Residence

• Granada: Playa de la Charca and Playa de los Berengueles

• Almería: Playa de Quitapellejos and the Levante beaches of the Punta Entinas-Sabinar Nature Reserve

Asturias

Playa de Bañugues and the Maqua marshes

Cantabria

Playa de Usgo and the Santander coastal path

Catalonia

• Tarragona: L'Ametlla de Mar and Playa de la Paella de Torredembarra

• Barcelona: Playa de Sant Adrià de Besòs and the Ricarda lagoon at the mouth of the Llobregat river

• Girona: Golfet de Palafrugell and Muntanyes de Begur

Ceuta

Monte Hacho Community Importance Site and the submerged area off Punta Almina

Valencian Community

• Alicante: Playa de la Almadrava and Albufereta i Cap de l'Horta

• Valencia: Beaches of Xeraco, Daimús and Tavernes de la Valldigna, and beaches surrounding the Port of Valencia and Sagunto

• Castellón: Playa del Surrach and La Ribera de Cabanes beach

Galicia

• Pontevedra: Puerto Deportivo de Baiona and Costa de Cabo Estai

• A Coruña: Monte Neme mine and the Ferrolterra coast

• Lugo: Isla Pancha and Playa de Las Catedrales

Balearic Islands

Cala Galdana (Menorca) and Bahía de Pollença (Mallorca)

Canary Islands

• Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Playa de Las Teresitas (Tenerife) and the El Puertito macro tourist development (Tenerife)

• Las Palmas: Costa de Telde (Gran Canaria) and cruise ship activity in Lanzarote

Melilla

Aguadú and the sewage outlet on the Río de Oro

Basque Country

• Vizcaya: Cala de Basordas and the Lamiako marshes

• Guipúzcoa: Motondo wetland in Orio and Cala Agiti

Region of Murcia

Portmán Bay and Sierra Minera, and the Mar Menor.

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