1 April 2017 | PROTEA BANKS
Current: medium
Viz: 5m top, 10 – 15m bottom
Sea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius top, 18 degrees Celsius bottom
DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: As we got to the reef we had a massive Round Ribbontail Ray getting really close to the divers. We had at least 5 Potato Bass and a Brindle Bass. In the caves we had 3 Ragged Tooth Sharks just chilling around. As we started to multi-level we had 2 Oceanic Blacktip Sharks, 2 Round Ribbontail Rays and a Tiger Shark in the distance!!!!!! Mid water we had 4 Oceanic Blacktip Sharks and a Zambezi (Bull) Shark popping in and out.
DIVE 2 – Northern Pinnacles: On the reef we had at least 10 Round Ribbontail Rays and 5 Potato Bass. Lots and lots of reef fish around with 2 Oceanic Blacktip Shark popping in and out. Mid water we had 3 Oceanic Blacktip Sharks keeping us busy for the rest of the dive. Lots of interesting Jellyfish and Plankton.
Dolphins seen from the boat.