ARUBA, BONAIRE & CURAÇAO FISHING MAP
Fishing Hot Spots
The ABC islands off Venezuela: Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Tap any star or dot on the map to see what it is and what to fish there.
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Parks & rules
Safety: these are planning references. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts and proper safety equipment before heading out.
Lake guides for this map
Month-by-month patterns, fish, ramps and rules for each water:
Fishing Hot Spots by island
Points, bays, keys and reefs with good fishing water. Tap one to fly to it on the map.
Deep water close in and steady trade winds
The ABC islands sit in deep blue water just north of Venezuela, so wahoo, yellowfin tuna, mahi-mahi and blue and white marlin are a short run from shore, especially off the north and west points of each island. The south and west coasts are calm and sheltered, with reef edges for snappers, jacks and barracuda, and bays like Lac Bay on Bonaire hold bonefish and tarpon on the flats. The north coasts take the full trade wind and swell, so plan around the weather.
Bonaire's whole coast is a National Marine Park with strict rules: no spearfishing, and no fishing in the marine reserves. Curaçao has the Oostpunt underwater park and Aruba has its own marine park zones. No-fishing areas show in red on the map, and BigJoe does not put fishing spots in or next to them. Check STINAPA (Bonaire), CARMABI (Curaçao) and Aruba's rules before you fish.
BigJoe’s gear for Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao
What BigJoe would bring to fish these waters.
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Map sources & checks
- Coverage
- Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao. Mapped features come from public datasets and can be incomplete or out of date: a missing reef, ramp or wreck does not mean it is not there.
- Map data
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) — retrieved October 7, 2026
- World Database on Protected Areas (UNEP-WCMC & IUCN), Protected Planet — retrieved October 7, 2026 (license: Protected Planet terms)
- Hot spots
- 17 hot spots, each with its own source (tap any star to see it): OpenStreetMap named place (general position, not a pinpoint) (17).
- Protected areas
- 7 protected areas from the official list above, drawn in dashed red. Fishing rules inside them are set by the managing agency; check with them before you fish.
- Chart layers (Charts button)
- GEBCO ocean depth and OpenSeaMap buoys, lights and markers. GEBCO and OpenSeaMap are useful references, not official navigation charts.
- Weather & tides
- See Weather & Tides for this area: Open-Meteo weather and marine models. Tides here are estimated from a global sea-level model, not official tide tables.
- Dates
- This page last updated October 15, 2026. Each dataset keeps its own retrieval date, shown above.
⚠️ Planning reference only, not for navigation. Use current official charts, weather and marine alerts, and proper safety gear before heading out.
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