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PROTEA BANKS … WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW AND WOW!!!!

Dive LogbookBy admini3 July 2015Leave a comment

3 July 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 20m+, reduced on the second diveSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacle: The first cave was filled with Ragged-tooth sharks. There were also a few outside the cave. Apparently 1 Tiger shark, but only seen by a few divers. If that was not enough, the rest of…

ANOTHER HUMPBACK WHALE ON SCUBA ON PROTEA BANKS … WOW!!!!

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2 July 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacle: The first cave had about 15+ Ragged-tooth sharks. On the bottom we had a Potato Bass and a Zambezi (Bull) shark. Coming up we had at least 5 Oceanic Blacktip sharks in and out through the rest of the dive. Some interesting Plankton.…

SWIMMING WITH 4 HUMPBACK WHALES ON PROTEA BANKS!!!

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1 July 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: As we got to the bottom we had a BIG Zambezi (Bull) shark come by. We also had a Potato Bass at the bottom and some reef fish. On the way up we had at least 5 Oceanic Blacktip sharks and 2 Zambezi…

4 SPECIES OF SHARKS ON PROTEA BANKS … AND WE SWAM WITH 4 HUMPBACK WHALES!!! WHOOP, WHOOP!!

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28 June 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15m+Sea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacle: We got to the 2nd cave. There were about 5 Ragged-tooth sharks inside and we managed to pick up a lot of shark teeth. As we came out the cave we had a Potato Bass. Mid water was action packed. We had at…

BAITED DIVE ON PROTEA BANKS TODAY!!!

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27 June 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius BAITED SHARK DIVE: We started of with only a few Oceanic Blacktip Sharks just popping in and out. But after about 20 Minutes we had 7 Oceanic Blacktip Sharks and 2 Zambezi (Bull) sharks throughout the rest of the dive that came really…

ANOTHER HUMPBACK WHALE ON SCUBA … 4 SPECIES OF SHARKS … PROTEA BANKS WAS INSANE TODAY!!!

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24 June 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 10 – 15mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius NORTHERN PINNACLES: So on the way out to PROTEA BANKS there were Humpback Whales all over. When you start your day like this, you know you are in for a good dive. The current was very strong and we made it to the…

TIGER SHARKS AND MORE … PROTEA BANKS GOING OFF TODAY!!!

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23 June 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 10 – 15mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – BAITED SHARK DIVE: As soon as we dropped we had a huge TIGER SHARK coming really close to the divers, it only stayed for about 10 minutes but still EPIC!!!! Throughout the rest of the dive we had about 20+…

WE HAD IT ALL ON PROTEA BANKS TODAY … WHALES, DOLPHINS AND 5 SPECIES OF SHARKS … READ IT AND WEEP!!!

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22 June 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 10mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Double tank. DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: With the current being strong we got to both caves. The first cave had nothing, but the second cave had 3 Ragged-tooth sharks. 2 Potato Bass and lots of reef fish on the bottom. Mid water we had…

STUNNING DAY AT SEA AND TO BE DIVING ON PROTEA BANKS!

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21 June 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 10mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: The current was too strong to get to the caves. There were beautiful reef fish and a Potato Bass at the bottom. Mid water we had 2 Zambezi (Bull) and an Oceanic Blacktip shark that came in very close. Also some Remora’s on…

GREAT TO BE DIVING ON PROTEA BANKS!

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19 June 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15m, viz dropped later in the daySea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: The viz was good on the first dive. Managed to get to the second cave (no Raggies around). Along the way we spotted a few Potato Bass. Mid water a few Oceanic Blacktip sharks…

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Qualification – Advanced and Above

As our reef dive is a deep dive, and Advanced Certification is Required. These are the following rates for dives on Protea Banks.

RATES – 2023

  • Reef Dive including Cylinder R900.00 per person
  • Baited Shark Dive including Cylinder R1950.00 per person
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Our Baited Shark Dives are done at a max depth of 15 meters, so and Open water qualification would be sufficient. However the reef dives are deep dives and we can offer the following options:

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  • Baited Shark Dive including Cylinder R1950.00 per person per dive
  • Adventures in Deep (incl. equipment and instructor) R1500.00 per person per dive
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