Posted: Wed Nov 2, 2022 5:05pm
Let me say straight away that I take exception to the final sentence in your comment. I am not the only one who has posted reservations about the advisability of swimming there (please see the posts on this thread, for example) and it is entirely up to individual readers to decide for themselves whether or not they find these posts helpful.
The pollution of the Mar Menor is a matter of public record and the authorities have spent vast sums of money in an effort to combat it -- the sand in many beaches has been replaced, for example. But the remedial work is far from complete and is ongoing, as another incident occurred as recently as May 2022 where thousands of dead fish washed up amid another algal 'bloom'.
You don't indicate whether you took scientific advice before taking to the waters there. For myself (and I am clearly not alone in this regard) I would certainly pause before swimming in waters in which fish kills have been a recurrent feature.
To repeat, the area is one of my favourite places in the whole of Spain, I visit it regularly (and did so last week) and would encourage anyone else to visit it to enjoy its natural beauty. I certainly hope that the pollution issues can be resolved quickly and fully. But in the interim, I feel there is no point in pretending that, so far as swimming is concerned, there are not some concerns.