The report by 'Canarias, 1500 Km de Costa', covering from Friday, March 27 to Sunday, April 5, 2026, recorded four individuals affected across three different islands. Among the most severe cases, one minor died, a child was rescued in serious condition, and another minor sustained minor injuries, in addition to a woman evacuated in critical condition.
One of the most concerning events occurred in Fuerteventura, where a two-year-old British boy was found in serious condition in the swimming pool of a hotel complex in Pájara. This incident adds to the six fatalities from water accidents recorded on the island the previous year and the three deaths in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from the Association for the Prevention of Drownings.
The sole fatality during this Easter period was Rebeca, a 15-year-old Norwegian teenager who was on holiday with her family in Gran Canaria. Her body was found floating near the coast of Mogán on Saturday, March 28, after her mother had reported her missing, leading to a police and judicial investigation. The association has noted that this is the first drowning death of a minor in the Canary Islands this year.
The balance of incidents is completed by a 14-year-old boy assisted with mild symptoms on the coast of Puerto de la Cruz, in Tenerife, and a 70-year-old woman evacuated in critical condition in the same municipality by a SUC helicopter. The platform 'Canarias, 1500 Km de Costa', while performing commendable work, bases its reports on media news and authority data, as there is still no official registry of drownings or a prevention plan based on high-risk areas.
In the first three months of 2026, 95% of the 19 people who died by drowning in the Canary Islands were in the sea during pre-alerts or alerts for adverse coastal phenomena, activated by the Government of the Canary Islands. The platform's spokesperson, Sebastián Quintana, has emphasized that many of these accidents are related to imprudence, although they also occur on beaches and in pools without adequate supervision.
Comparison with previous years shows similar figures in the Canary Islands. During Easter 2025, five individuals were affected, including one minor fatality. In 2024, there were four victims, in 2023 six, and in 2022 eight, with one fatality. The association compiles these balances from official sources such as 112 Canarias, Guardia Civil, National Police, Maritime Rescue, Firefighters, and Civil Protection.
In the first quarter of 2026, the Association for the Prevention of Drownings recorded 19 drowning deaths and 50 individuals affected by water accidents in the Canary Islands. Fuerteventura registered three deaths, the same number as Gran Canaria and El Hierro, only surpassed by Tenerife with eight. For the entirety of 2025, Fuerteventura had 28 affected individuals, six of whom died, according to the Canary Islands Water Accident Map.
