Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:27am
I have a share in a boat in Los Urrutias marina, so (in normal non-Covid times) I go there frequently.
In general, LU doesn't have the best beach. It can get a bit weedy and smelly.
In September 2019, this area had its worst floods for 100 years. It was a really serious weather event (a gota fria). Houses were flooded, roads were cut off and, sadly, a few people lost their lives. The Mar Menor took a big hit; it received rubbish, furniture, drainage overspill, silt and agricultural fertiliser, you name it. For a while, nobody wanted to swim in it. There were dead fish washing up.
But things are improving. Covid curtailed everything in 2020. Tourism (and normal daily local travel) has been/is still very restricted, but I saw people swimming off the Mar Menor beaches further north, and the beaches themselves were popular.
I think I read a report on the water quality somewhere, saying that the purity/pollution levels are now OK. If I can find it, I will add it here.
EDIT ... here is the report
https://murciatoday.com/water-quality-in-the-mar-menor-remains-absolutely-safe-for-bathing_1343237-a.html#:~:text=Water%20quality%20is%20considered%20to,considered%20technically%20suitable%20for%20bathing..