The Western Costa del Sol Commonwealth will allocate 215,652 euros for the buoying of the beaches.

The Association of Municipalities of the Western Costa del Sol has begun the installation of buoys on the beaches for the 2025 season, an action that will place buoys along 86,000 meters of coastline with an investment of 215,652.75 euros, as reported this Monday by the president of the supra-municipal institution, Manuel Cardeña.

The representative of the entity highlighted that once again the Association is offering “this service to the municipalities involved, for the organization of the beaches during the bathing season”.

This time, the budget amounts to 215,652.75 euros for a service that will last 5 months until October 25, as pointed out by the delegate for Tourism and Beach, Francisco Cerdán, who supervised the beginning of the installation of the channels yesterday Sunday.

Specifically, the Association will buoy a total of 86,000 meters with buoys every 200 meters, with Manilva getting 6,500 meters, Casares 2,600, Estepona 22,200 meters, Marbella 24,000, Mijas 10,700, Fuengirola 6,000 meters, Benalmádena 8,000, and Torremolinos 5,900.

Regarding the number of channels, a total of 104 will be distributed, with 11 installed in Benalmádena, 3 in Casares, 9 in Fuengirola, 7 in Manilva, 20 in Torremolinos, 28 in Marbella, 10 in Mijas, and 16 in Estepona. Of these, 3 will be designated for the practice of kite surfing in these last three locations.

In this regard, the Association has specified that channels located in areas with populations of Cymodocea nodosa or Posidonia oceanica, such as Calahonda in Mijas and Saladillo-Matas Verdes in Estepona, will have special anchoring systems installed to avoid damaging the protected species.

Regarding water parks, they detailed that the coast of the Western Costa del Sol will have a total of 12, distributed between Benalmádena, Estepona, Mijas, and Manilva with one each, Fuengirola with 3, and Marbella with 5.

As for jet ski circuits, the cities of Benalmádena, Mijas, and Manilva will have 1 each, while Estepona will have 6, Fuengirola 2, Marbella 9, and Torremolinos 3, totaling 23. Additionally, there will be 4 adapted bathing areas on the Marbella coast.

Temperature Sensor Network

Furthermore, the supra-municipal institution has indicated that, thanks to an agreement signed with the Andalusian Agency for Agricultural and Fisheries Management (AGAPA), a body of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Andalusian Regional Government, a network of sensors for water temperature and wave conditions will be installed on various beaches of the coast. The aim of the action is to gather information on these parameters, which will allow for the creation of physical and hydrographic behavior models of the marine environment, they pointed out.

The sensors will be installed on the buoys marking the beaches of Sabinillas in Manilva, Playa de la Rada in Estepona, Playa Guadalmina in Marbella, Playa de Calahonda in Mijas, and Arroyo de la Miel in Benalmádena.