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Temperatures to drop in the Canary Islands this Saturday, but highs of 34°C still possible!
Temperatures are forecast to fall across the Canary Islands today (Saturday 15th), although it will remain hot in many areas, with highs of 30°C or more still expected, according to the latest forecast from AEMET.
The biggest drops in temperature are expected in inland areas and at higher altitudes, particularly on south and west-facing slopes. However, the cooler conditions will not be felt everywhere, with temperatures potentially reaching 34°C in parts of Gran Canaria.
Cloudy skies are forecast across the north of the more mountainous islands, with a small chance of light and occasional rain, particularly in mid-altitude areas.
Lanzarote and Fuerteventura will generally see clearer conditions, although some cloud is expected in northern and western areas.
Temperatures will fall slightly along coastal areas and in Lanzarote, while moderate and locally significant drops are forecast elsewhere. Despite this, temperatures of around 30°C will still be widespread.
In the southeast of Gran Canaria, daytime temperatures are expected to reach 32-33°C, with isolated highs of 34°C possible. Overnight temperatures in some areas will remain particularly warm at between 24°C and 26°C.
Strong winds also forecast
Moderate north-easterly winds are expected across the islands, becoming strong on the southeast and northwest slopes of the higher islands.
AEMET has warned that locally very strong gusts cannot be ruled out, particularly during the early hours of Saturday morning.
Conditions at sea will also remain unsettled, with north or north-easterly winds of force 5 or 6, occasionally reaching force 7. Rough or very rough seas are expected, together with a northerly swell of between one and two metres.
Gran Canaria
Cloudy skies will dominate below approximately 900 to 1,200 metres in the north of Gran Canaria, with drizzle possible in inland areas from the evening onwards. The rest of the island will generally be clear or mostly clear.Temperatures will fall in the mountains and inland areas, with a more noticeable drop on south and west-facing slopes. However, highs of between 30°C and 32°C are still possible in the Tejeda basin and lower and inland areas of the south and west.
The southeast will remain particularly warm overnight, with minimum temperatures of between 24°C and 26°C.
Strong winds are expected along the southeast and western coasts, with locally very strong gusts possible.
General temperature range: Low of 23°C to high of 28°C.https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/Temperatures-drop-Canary-Islands-this-Saturday
Monte committee meeting June 2026
The meeting was held on the 23rd of June. Prior to that a preparatory meeting with myself, and my committee colleagues Peter Siegler, and Fred Anderson was held on the 22nd of June, and a separate session was held to inspect the Monte grounds.
I also met with committee colleagues from other resorts the week before to gain feedback from other meetings.
In addition a meeting was held with representatives from the German club to discuss how the UK club could support them with changes they are considering in their club and website setup.
Overall whilst frustration on a number of points, good to see the management team strengthened and to have the Anfi CEO participating in meetings, an end to the administration process, and a start to furniture replacement planned in 2026.
1 Changes to Anfi management on committee
At the meeting Anfi management advised of a change of representative. With Jose Luis Trujillo now being the formal representative from Anfi and Natasha Dorval being the vice-secretary for the committee. Maria Hildago and Emilio Rodriguez are no longer on the resort committees. Emilio is now based at the Lopesan office in Las Palmas, and Maria remains based at Anfi as Head of Customer Services.
There was a good discussion of topics and issues throughout the meeting.
Luis Martinez and Jose Luis Trujillo spend 2 days a week at the Lopesan offices at San Augustin.
2 Partial closure of Monte for a week due to fire system issues
Members may have read that Monte was partially closed in the week of the committee meeting and some members were reallocated to the other resorts. I had been at Gran Anfi the week before and was due to transfer to Monte, but that was cancelled and I remained at Gran Anfi. There were still some members at Monte throughout the week.
The partial closure was due to issues with the fire alarm system and they were expected to be resolved by the end of the week. This involved work to replace the main file system panel and the detectors in all apartments. The work arose after a fault was discovered with the system.
3 Budget update
Overall the expenditure remains within budget.
4 Furniture
The first phase of furniture replacement is still expected to take place by the end of this year. The logistics and whether to do a block or a level at a time are still under consideration. The overall programme will run through 2027 and 2028, and possibly longer depending on funding available from the Replacement Fund.
5 New resort manager
A interim resort manager has been appointed for Monte and Puerto. The previous managers long term absence had been covered by the Beach resort manager with some backfill of roles, until an interim replacement could be found.
6 Balcony grassed areas
Anfi had planned to train up their own staff to install artificial grass over the balconies. This has proved impractical and work to find suitable contract staff is ongoing. Timescale is uncertain at this point.
7 Lift displays and controls
New displays have been fitted to the 2 main lifts at Monte. I have again reported issues with the controls, and though Anfi are looking into that, it is a recurrent problem that they do not seem interested to address.
The lifts really need new controls and displays like the Block 7 lifts at Anfi Beach Club. Anfi are very reticent to look into this even though they had plans do update the controls 2 or 3 years ago.
8 Children’s pool
The Monte children’s pool has been closed since February for major refurbishment and it taking far longer than envisaged.
We were advised it was in the final stages of testing and due to open in a few weeks (have since heard it opened, leaked and was closed again for checks)9 Coffee bar area & ceiling leaks
The ceiling outside the coffee bar beside Monte/Puerto reception has had some leaks and the ceiling has been removed and the upper surface painted black so that the source of leaks can be identified.
Members will see evidence of further leaks in the roadway ceiling near the medical centre.
These leaks are not thought to be from the pool areas (children’s pool latest issue excepted!) and are thought to be from the garden areas above which have limited watering with the cacti now in place and the change to artificial grass. Short of digging up the whole area these leaks may be hard to fix altogether.
10 Chromecast update
Another source of frustration has been the Chromecast devices and the failure to stream UK TV services. Anfi now acknowledge there is a problem and that it may not be possible to use the devices for UK TV.
I have offered to discuss this with Anfi IT, as I believe the devices are unsuitable for UK TV as that requires a VPN network connection to operate.
Anfi should have chosen a different device that would actually stream content from your phone or laptop/tablet e.g. a proper streaming box, or a TV that has stream/mirror built in.
Anfi are working with their suppliers to look at possible solutions.11 Anfi Beach pool works delay
Members will be aware that Anfi at the last minute announced a delay of the Beach Club pool work from April this year, to April 2027
This is said to be due to design changes that became apparent, and which could not be accommodated in this years programme.
Clearly many members had made alternative plans, banked weeks, rented out etc.12 Lopesan
Anfi confirmed that Lopesan have full control of Anfi now, though some aspects to settle the administration & creditor agreements will not be finished until the end of this year.
Lopesan appear to have some of their management onsite looking at operations, though nothing officially reported.Brian Taylor
Elected representative – Monte Committee
latest info – Maspalomas reached 39.8c
https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/Canary-Islands-hottest-place-Spain-for-third-consecutive-day
The Canary Islands have once again recorded the highest temperature in Spain, with the small coastal village of Tasarte, in the municipality of La Aldea de San Nicolás on Gran Canaria, reaching a scorching 42.6°C yesterday afternoon (Tuesday).
According to data recorded by AEMET weather stations, the temperature was recorded at 3:40pm, making Tasarte the hottest location in the country for the third consecutive day.
The reading comfortably exceeded the 41.6°C recorded in Molina de Segura (Murcia) and the 41.0°C measured at Lomo Pedro Alfonso, also in Gran Canaria, placing the island firmly at the top of Spain’s temperature rankings once again.
Gran Canaria Continues to Swelter
Much of southern, eastern and western Gran Canaria was under an orange weather warning on Tuesday as the ongoing heatwave continued to push daytime temperatures close to, or above, the 40°C mark.
Elsewhere on the island:
Maspalomas reached 39.8°C
Agüimes recorded 38.9°C
‘Infernal Nights’ ContinueThe intense daytime heat has been accompanied by exceptionally warm nights across the archipelago. In many areas, overnight temperatures remained above 30°C, conditions that AEMET has described as “infernal nights”, making it difficult for many residents and visitors to sleep.
Some Relief on the Way
Forecasters say the heatwave will begin to ease slightly today (Wednesday), although temperatures will remain dangerously high in several areas
Reposting from our Facebook group about Taxi Cab LM50 for airport transfers – lots of happy users across the Facebook groups
If you are staying at Beach consider a rental car as parking at Beach is free, and you may get a car for €120-150 per week
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On our Facebook group, and others, many members recommend, amongst others, Taxi Cab LM50 Mogán, which you can pre book – 2 people have said €60 to 65 for 2 people airport to Anfi. https://www.facebook.com/taxi.cab.lm50.mogan/
0034607325755 taxilm50mogan@gmail.comOr for transfer you can book a taxi via Anfi as an option though may be less sure who Anfi will choose.
Given that Anfi shared transport may now do drops at other hotels before Anfi, and also the potential delays with EES on arrival, anyone with a children, or wishing to avoid uncertianty, may find it a lot easier to book a taxi.
They were both good.
The other option, El Cenador, had some poor reviews recently, so we didn’t try it.
They were both good.
The other option, El Cenador, had some poor reviews recently, so we didn’t try it.
We went again to Palm Garden last week, we go most years – it had been closed last June and turns out the old owner sold and new owners were away last June.
I had fish, Pam had steak. We shared grilled prawns for starter – too full for dessert but they looked great.Food and service was good as ever, plus the amazing views.
If you drive up, parking can be tricky, even in June when less people on holiday. Sometimes best to park 200 or 300m before the restaurant. Or get taxi.
we went to El Gaitero last week – had steaks, well cooked and good service
we went to Toro Bravo, next to El Gaitero, the week before and that was good
And also tried Mama Chef which is on the ground floor at Los Olos, following a members recommendation, which we also found good with fresh made pasta
quick update to my post about transfers – from May Anfi will not transfer food between resorts – they give you letter when you check in
If you are moving within resort they will transfer food – but if you move say Beach to Monte they won’tSuggest you could leave with another member for the day if you have contacts – or take a freezer block and cool bag and pack items into that
Obviously reducing food toward end of week, and not trying to move high risk food helpsLikewise if you have a car, park in shade and leave in the boot with freezer block!
we went out 3 weeks ago – big queues as they made all British reregister even though we registered in February – so lots of people on 1st floor. Apparently most of the Feb and March registrations did not get uploaded into EU EES
I did try going straight to e-gate – but system declined me – then the assistant took me to registration terminals on ground floor, which had hardly any queue (good way to avoid queue if it affects you)
Took me 5 goes to get fingerprints accepted using 2 different machines.Pam not so lucky – 17 goes on 3 machines, then sent to manned kiosk (the wrong one it turned out), so to another kiosk and the officer could get her fingerprints registered either.
Hence 45 minutes to get through!!Coming back last Saturday at midday, hardly anyone at e-gates and we’d gone early. My passport scanned straight away & Pam’s worked too, so they had registered her with face scan and no fingerprints
(Pam had problems at Disney last year where they could get prints to scan – I’ve read a small % of us have prints that don’t scan)Looking on our Facebook groups most people seem to get through OK – bit hit and miss as you may have several non Schengen flights arriving at same time & hence potential queues.
On both arrival and when leaving only 3 or 4 e-gates were working – the rest on red – seems they have a bit do do to get everything working
They don’t stamp your passports any longer
we went close by last week – the cakes do look good
We’d gone in last year and the service and odd (disorganised) counter arrangement put us off – sounds like that is sorted now
Hi Vee
On our Facebook group members recommend Taxi Cab LM50 Mogán, which you can pre book – 2 people have said €60 to 65 for 2 people airport to Anfi.
You can book taxi transfer with Anfi – via website booking form.4 hours sound a lot, though easyJet and others are opening check-in 3 hours ahead to try to minimise EES delays. I thought I’d read all airlines were opening earlier.
Some people have had substantial delays and in other Canary Islands have missed flights.For arrivals some members have had substantial delay getting to Anfi as waiting for people stuck at EES – 2 hours someone reported!!
It seems to vary so much – when we went out nearly 3 weeks ago, 4 planes had landed at same time – and all British were being told to reregister, so a lot of people queuing all on the 1st floor around those machines and back out down the corridor from the plane.
Then my wife’s fingerprints wouldn’t register, 17 tries, then sent to manned kiosk, then to a different one – so took nearly an hour to get through – this plays havoc with transport pick up as hard to know when everyone will get through. Yet others report no delay.
Turns out most of the registrations around February had not been sent into central system correctly.Going back yesterday, we went a bit earlier as not sure of what we would face, yet hardly any queue & my wife got through straight away. Even then only 3 e-gates were open.
Yet the Saturday before Geoff Matthews went back in evening, and he said there was a huge queue for e-gates stretching back to the toilets past Burger King. And not many e-gates open. When Geoff went out to Anfi he had no delay.Have Anfi given any reason for the 4 hour advance pick up? – if they are aiming for the 3 hour upfront check-in, then close to 4 hours is probably about right by the time everyone is on, and bus gets going.
Kind regards, Brian
PS Do let us know what you do next time!
Thanks Andrew, one of our members thought well of it too, and posted on our Facebook group last week:-
“if you like tapas have you tried El Bistro Tapas its in the precinct on the left as you enter Arguinaguin, full of Spanish people which is a good sign very reasonable and good food but .book to be sure of a table”
The kids pool is still screened off. Not much work evident in last week.
Hi Sheila
I can see you placed a rental advert, and chose to pay by bank transfer.
The Club does not take the money from your bank – you need to send to us, using details in the payment screen. Nothing has come through as of today.
Please contact me when you pay or if you need help. Or go back and pay by card, as that all updates automatically, whereas bank payments are a manual check before I release your advert.
Kind regards
Brian treasurer@anfiukmembers.co.uk
Hi Sheila
If you mean the bank details you used with the UK Club, then we don’t hold your details. If you opt to pay membership or adverts by bank transfer, there is a Stripe payment screen where you enter details. Unless you’ve had a different experience.
If it’s for something else, please clarify.
Kind regards, Brian
Thanks for the feedback.
From what I’ve read elsewhere it seems to vary, and be worst if a few planes from non-Schengen areas land close together.
Hi Robert
Anfi are having problems with the app and with the members area of anfi.com – people have not been able to login for weeks.
Unclear when Anfi will resolve this – meantime email Customer Services or email the reception of the resort you are doing the planner for. Other members report that reception will confirm receipt of your instructions.Kind regards, Brian
A member recently visited Namaste and had a poor experience, see below, contrary to earlier good reports – perhaps a bad day, but do update if you have been recently.
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early April 2026:-
Took grandson and his girlfriend to Namaste the other night after telling them how good it was – and has been – since it took over the old Memsahib site. WAS is correct – our meal was a big disappointment.
We thought smaller dishes with lots of sauce and little meat. My Vindaloo more like a Korma and my wife’s Chicken Tikka bordering on inedible. I took the last piece of chicken and could not chew or swallow it. Had to pull it out of mouth and put it back on the plate.
I’ve not been in evenings, thoguh walked by and it looked busy.
I have been to lunch and it was fine.Brian
latest pool photos
work going on next to Maroa bar area – the nearby tables are still open
Notes on the February meeting will be published shortly.
The meeting covered the budget outturn for 2025, and the plans for the replacement fund investments in 2026. We also discussed status of the Royal Decree, Beach pool refurbishment, gym, administration, cost trends, amongst other matters.
Hi Robert
I’d missed your post in January – sorry to hear you had poor experience. Always been good when Pam & I went.
Wonder if it was a glitch or some ongoing changeRegards Brian
Some good news though part of dispute at Gran Canaria not resolved yet
Canarian Weekly https://www.canarianweekly.com/posts/Airport-Strikes-called-off-after-last-minute-deal-with-Unions
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Ground handling firm Menzies Aviation has called off planned strike action at several airports in the Canary Islands after reaching an agreement with the UGT union through mediation at with SIMA.However, industrial unrest in the sector is far from over, as negotiations over a temporary redundancy plan at Menzies in Gran Canaria remain unresolved.
The deal follows weeks of tension across the aviation sector and includes commitments to improve both working and pay conditions for transferred staff, one of the main sources of the dispute.
Strike Action Suspended
The agreement allows planned walkouts all airports this week, where the company operates to be suspended, after Menzies accepted several of the union’s key demands.
These include a review of personal pay guarantees, covering both fixed and variable “ad personam” supplements.
The company has also agreed to address issues related to guaranteed annual working hours.
Another major point in the agreement is the improvement of shift management and excessive working hours, which had led to widespread complaints from staff.
Menzies has committed to reviewing and correcting these issues to prevent further errors in workforce planning.
In addition, a separate round of negotiations on employment conditions is set to begin in April.
Sector Tensions Continue
Despite the breakthrough, wider labour tensions remain across airport operations. Ongoing industrial action by workers at Groundforce continues to put pressure on the handling sector.
UGT has welcomed the agreement but warned it will closely monitor its implementation.
Meanwhile, the lack of progress in talks over redundancies in Gran Canaria and disputes at other companies underline that labour unrest at Spain’s airports is still ongoing.
