La Guaira Bank (),Pesquería artesanal de istiofóridos en Venezuela is a large, completely submerged bank in Venezuela. It is located in the Caribbean Sea 20 km to the NNE off the northern shore of La Guaira.La Guaira - Geographical Names
This reef has an excellent reputation for deep-sea angling.Fishing El Placer Bank, la Guaira, Venezuela Currents create an upwelling of nutrients that attracts large pelagic fish such as sailfish, marlin, yellowfin tuna and mahi-mahi.Vargas State Tourism - "El Placer¨, un paraiso para la pesca de altura Geography The La Guaira Bank is a Pleistocene structure that is wholly submerged. It is 19 km long and 6 km wide. Its depths range between 60 and 70 m, rising from the 260 m deep surrounding seabed of the continental platform. La Guaira Bank is located close to the Carayaca Bank (), another structure that rises between 50 and 100 m from the surface.Catch Rates for Sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) from the Small Scale Drift Gillnet Fishery of La Guaira, Venezuela: Period 1991-2007 See also Placer (geography) Battle of La Guaira (1812) References