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Blue Flag Beaches on the Costa de la luz 2014-2021
Find below four links to a list of the beaches of Costa del Sol, Costa de la Luz, Costa Tropical and Costa Almeria. (west to east) that have been awarded a Blue Flag for the summer season (mid June to mid September) in each year since 2014. Also read about the Blue Flag system.
As the Blue flag awards have grown over the years the requirments have also grown. Each town hall sumbits an application in the autumn of the previous year and commits to not just clean bathing water but showers, life-guards, signage and environmental awaeness programmes. It has become necessary for town halls to carefully select the potential blueflag beaches for infrastructure inventment and Blue Flag application. The successful applications are listed below, unsucessful applications are not published.
In 2022 the Costa de la Luz Cadiz was awarded a record 29 Blue Flag beaches one less than 2021. Costa de la Luz Cadiz has more Blue Flag beaches per kilometer of coastline than any other part of Andalucia. Chipiona, Puerto de Santa Maria and Rota each had five or six Blue Flag beaches. In 2021 the surf Beach of El Palmar (Vejer) received a Blue Flag for the first time and retained it in 2022. On obvious omision is Tarifa whose beautiful beaches are not doubted. Surprisingly Sotogrande beach has not been included for a number of years.
Costa de la Luz Huelva was awarded a record 10 Blue flag beaches one more than 2021. There were two new beaches with Blue Flags in 2022 being La Caseta Azul in Isla Cristina and Los Haragnes in Atamonte. The surprising loss in 2022 was the emblamatic La Calata beach in Cadiz city.
Costa de La Luz (Cádiz)
| Destination | Beach | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipiona | Micaela | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Cruz del Mar - Las Canteras | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Camarón - La Laguna | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Regla | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Tres Piedras - La Ballena | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Rota | La Ballena | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Punta Candor | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Puntalillo | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Galeones | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| La Costilla | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Rompidillo-Chorrillo | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| El Puerto de Santa María | Fuentebravia | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Santa Catalina | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| La Muralla | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| La Puntilla | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Valdegrana | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Cádiz | La Caleta | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N |
| Santa María del Mar | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| La Victoria | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Cortadura (Poniente) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| San Fernando | Camposito - El Castillo | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Chiclana de la Frontera | Sancti Petri | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| La Barrosa | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Conil de la Frontera | Roche | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Fontanilla | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Los Bateles | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Vejer | El Palmar | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Barbate | Zahara de los Atunes | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Algeciras | Getares | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| La Linea de la Concepcion | Poniente (Sobrevela) | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N |
| La Alcaidesa - El Faro | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| San Roque | Sotogrande | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N |
| Torreguadiaro | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| Cala Sardina | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
COSTA DE LA LUZ (HUELVA)
| Destination | Beach | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayamonte | Isla Canela | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Punta del Moral | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Los Haranges | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | |
| Isla Cristina | La Gaviota | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N |
| Islantilla | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | Y | Y | |
| La Casita Azul | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | |
| Lepe | La Antilla - Santa Pura | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Cartaya El Rompido |
Playa de San Miguel | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Caño de la Culeta | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Punta Umbria | El Portil | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
| La Bota | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | |
| El Albergue | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | |
| Palos de la Frontera | Las Dunas | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | N |
| Moguer | Playa del Parador (Levante) | Y | Y | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | iY |
| Castilla (El Parador) | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | inc | inc | |
| Almonte | Playa de Matalascañas (Torre La Higuera) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N |
Take a look at which beaches have been awarded a Blue Flag status on the Costa del Sol. Destinations are listed along the coast from West to East.
Take a look at what beaches have been awarded a Blue Flag status on the Costa Tropical. Destinations are listed along the coast from West to East.
Take a look at what beaches have been awarded a Blue Flag status on the Costa de la Luz. Destinations are listed along the coast from West to East.
Take a look at what beaches have been regularly awarded a Blue Flag status on the Costa Almeria. Destinations are listed along the coast from West to East.