| La Guaira Bank | |
| Native Name: | Placer de la Guaira |
| Settlement Type: | Submerged bank |
| Pushpin Map: | Venezuela#Caribbean |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 10.8333°N -74°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Sea |
| Subdivision Name: | Caribbean |
| Subdivision Type1: | Area |
| Subdivision Name1: | La Guaira |
| Subdivision Type2: | Country |
| Subdivision Name2: | Venezuela |
| Subdivision Type3: | State |
| Subdivision Name3: | Vargas State |
| Subdivision Type4: | Minimum depth |
| Subdivision Name4: | 60 m |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Spanish |
La Guaira Bank (Spanish; Castilian: Placer de la Guaira),[1] 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.[2]
This reef has an excellent reputation for deep-sea angling.[3] Currents create an upwelling of nutrients that attracts large pelagic fish such as sailfish, marlin, yellowfin tuna and mahi-mahi.[4]
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.[5] La Guaira Bank is located close to the Carayaca Bank (Spanish; Castilian: Placer de Carayaca), another structure that rises between 50 and 100 m from the surface.[6]