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Date Published: 16/06/2022
ARCHIVED - Malaga launches jellyfish invasion surveillance network on beaches this summer
The beaches of Malaga will also have more lifeguards working longer hours for the next few months
Malaga City Council has kicked off the summer season by announcing several new measures to protect the province’s beaches this summer, which will operate between June 15 and September 15.
Malaga’s 15 beaches stretch for a total of 13.5 kilometres and one of the main novelties this year is the start-up of a jellyfish invasion surveillance network, a system that will alert lifeguards when an influx of the invertebrates is expected on the coast. Bathers can then be alerted ahead of time and hopefully avoid any nasty stings. According to Francisco Franco, director of the Costa del Sol Chair of Coastal Sciences, jellyfish are certainly expected to turn up on Malaga beaches, but “it is not expected that there will be an invasion as large as the one that occurred in 2018.”
There will be 29 lifeguards stationed at the beaches this year and their working time will be increased by one hour, so that emergency personnel will now be available between 10am and 8pm every day.
As part of the ‘Enjoy the Beach’ programme, La Malagueta will have a new assisted point for people with disabilities this summer. There are currently six autonomous accessible bathing points, where individuals with reduced mobility can use ramps to safely access the beach, changing rooms and bathrooms, as well as a surveillance and rescue post, concrete walkways right down to the water and adapted outdoor showers.
Alfredo de Pablos, president of 'Accessible Malaga', stated that “Malaga has become a benchmark for accessible tourism”.
Finally, Mr Franco indicated that there may be an increase in the creamy discharge seen in the water in recent years, which is caused by “mineral dust that remains in suspension” after being washed from the sand by the sea. This discharge is absolutely not harmful to health, he stressed, and bathers should just ignore it.
Announcing the new measures, councillor for the beaches Teresa Porras appealed to locals and holidaymakers to “take care of the beaches, keep them clean, throw rubbish into the bins provided, and pay attention to the flags so as not to put your lives, nor that of the lifeguard, in danger.”
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