Three people died this Sunday afternoon, victims of a maritime collision in a natural pool in the Los Gigantes area, on the coast of the municipality of Santiago del Teide, in Tenerife, according to sources from the Emergency Coordination Center (CECOES) 1-1-2 of the Government of the Canary Islands.
So far, three victims have been confirmed, but searches are underway in the area in case there are more. The deceased are a 35-year-old man, a 55-year-old woman and a man whose age has not been confirmed, according to the Efe agency.
Another person was recovered from cardiorespiratory arrest and was transferred by helicopter to La Candelaria Hospital.
The other injured are a 39-year-old woman, slightly traumatized and transferred by ambulance from the SUC to Hospiten Sur hospital, and another woman, treated on site.
The alert was received in Cecoes at 4:07 p.m. and a large emergency device was immediately activated, which included maritime rescue with a Helimer helicopter, the resources of the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC), which mobilized several ambulances and a medical helicopter, rescuers from the area with jet skis, the Tenerife firefighters, as well as an emergency doctor from primary care and local police.
The incident occurred in full pre-warning for waves declared by the General Directorate of Emergencies of the Government of the Canary Islands for all the islands since last Friday.
The first vehicle to reach the area was the maritime rescue helicopter Helimer, which rescued one uninjured person and one deceased man.
Aquatic resources managed to pull three other people from the water, one woman unharmed and two deceased (a man and a woman).
Several other people, also swept away by the waves, managed to escape on their own.
Drownings in the Canary Islands
Until November, a total of 60 people have drowned in the Canary Islands, seven fewer (-10%) compared to the same period of 2024 (67), according to data prepared by the Association for the Prevention of Water Accidents. Canary Islands, 1500 km of coastline.
Regarding the monthly data, in November there were six deaths by drowning, the same number as in October, and which places it below January (8), August and September (9), where there had been a record mortality from submersion so far this year; while February, March, June and July recorded the lowest figures (3).
Likewise, in November, there was one swimmer in critical condition, three seriously injured; 14 moderate, eight light and one saved unhurt.
Currently, the monthly average of deaths due to this cause in the archipelago remains at five people killed per month, down compared to last year 2024 (6/month).
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