Overview
- State health authorities said 23 of 26 monitored beaches in Baja California are fit for recreation during Semana Santa based on sampling done from February 10 to March 10.
- Three zones in Tijuana remain under a sanitary warning due to readings above 200 enterococci per 100 milliliters, a threshold used to flag fecal contamination risks.
- The rest of the coastline remains open for visitors, including beaches in San Quintín, Ensenada, Playas de Rosarito and the northern stretch of Tijuana.
- Officials will post signs and hand out pamphlets at beach access points to warn people, with extra attention to children who may wade in without knowing the risks of skin, breathing and stomach illnesses.
- Water managers said wastewater still reaches the surf at San Antonio de los Buenos because an expansion of the international treatment plant is not yet finished, so some flow continues through a conduit until the project is complete.