Canary Islands, ES

Playa de Las Canteras

Water Bodyocean
Sand Typesand
CountryES
RegionCanary Islands

Getting There

Nearest CityLas Palmas de Gran Canaria5.1 km
Airport (LPA)Gran Canaria Airport23.7 km

Safety & Conditions

Shark Incidents0recorded

Sand & Geology

golden

Oriented to the northwest, it lies within the bay known as El Confital and stretches for just over three kilometres of fine golden sand, from the foothills of La Isleta to near the mouth of the Tamaraceite ravine.

Predicted regional compositionlithic-rich (volcanic/collisional terrane)
F 24%
L 68%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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Travel

Playa de Las Canteras is Las Palmas' principal urban beach and one of the Atlantic coast's most developed and accessible sandy shorelines. Located on Gran Canaria's northern edge, ...

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Playa de Las Canteras28.1395, -15.4398