Overview

• Playas MX provides real-time water quality data for 289 beaches in 17 coastal states
• As of July 18, Cofepris reports that 94.46% of monitored beaches comply with the WHO’s 200-enterococci threshold while 16—including Caletilla, Hornos, Papagayo and Carabalí in Acapulco—are marked unsafe
• The agency collected over 6,165 samples through July 10—a 32% year-on-year increase—and plans ongoing testing and remediation at contaminated sites
• Communities in Michoacán, notably Nexpa and Caleta de Campos, have challenged their app listings and launched independent water tests to verify contamination levels
• Authorities advise immunocompromised individuals, children and older adults to avoid non-apt beaches to prevent gastrointestinal, skin and respiratory illnesses