Man rescued after falling into breakwater area on Avenida Marítima

A 34-year-old man was injured on Monday, 20 July 2026, after falling into a breakwater area on the Avenida Marítima in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, near the junction with Calle Juan XXIII. According to information released by the Centro Coordinador de Emergencias y Seguridad (CECOES) 112 of the Gobierno de Canarias, the man sustained a moderate injury to one of his upper limbs and was taken to Hospital Universitario Doctor Negrín.

How the alert was raised

According to the Gobierno de Canarias news portal, CECOES 112 received an alert at 09:16 from the Autoridad Portuaria reporting that a person had fallen in the breakwater area at the location described. Upon receiving the call, 112 immediately mobilised the necessary emergency resources.

Local media accounts are consistent with this version of events. La Provincia specifies that the alert reported "the man falling onto the coastal rocks, requiring specialist technical assistance to extract him from the site". Canarias7 and elDiario.es (Canarias Ahora) also place the incident at 09:16 on that Monday.

The rescue and transfer

Personnel from the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Fire, Rescue and Emergency Service attended the scene, along with a basic life support ambulance from the Servicio de Urgencias Canario (SUC) and officers from the Policía Local.

According to the official account, firefighters reached the man, carried out the rescue and evacuated him to the point where medical staff were waiting. La Provincia adds that the rescue team managed to reach the man "between the blocks of the breakwater", securing him and evacuating him to the roadway where emergency medical personnel were standing by.

Once he was safe, SUC staff assessed the casualty and confirmed that, at the time of initial treatment, he had sustained a moderate injury to an upper limb, barring complications. After being attended to, he was transferred by basic life support ambulance to Hospital Universitario Doctor Negrín in Gran Canaria.

The Policía Local worked alongside the other emergency services. La Provincia reports that officers provided support by securing the perimeter and facilitating the movement of emergency vehicles on the road adjacent to the Avenida Marítima.

Consistency across sources

The key details of the incident — time, location, the casualty's age, the nature of the injury, the services involved and the receiving hospital — are consistent across the Gobierno de Canarias news portal and reports published by elDiario.es (Canarias Ahora), La Provincia, Canarias7 and Atlántico Hoy. The official 112 Canarias account also publicised the response, as reported by Canarias7, stating that the man was rescued by the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria fire service, treated and transferred by the SUC, with the involvement of the Policía Local.

The available sources provide no further information about the exact circumstances of the fall or the subsequent condition of the injured man.