Beach Erosion

A year ago this lifeguard lookout tower had an expanse of sand before it - a storm on the coat of Maspalomas, Gran Canaria made the tower redundant overnight

Quote from local forum " Maspalomas beach suffers the worst erosion in its history. There is no background, at least in the last fifty years, a situation similar to that recorded at this time with the almost total loss of sediment and the appearance of a sea of rocks where there were three meters of golden sand. Businessmen, traders, owners and residents of Maspalomas are really frightened by the deterioration that affects the most emblematic beach south of Gran Canaria. The last time Southwest, which was not greater than three days, with waves of about four meters high, has removed the sand from the beach altogether. "