Not the best day …

23 April 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 8m at the bottom, 10 – 15m mid waterSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius at the top, 20 degrees Celsius at the bottom Northern Pinnacles: Not much big stuff, the water was cold and dark. We saw an Oceanic Blacktip shark on the safety stop and lots of cool jellyfish!

‘PROTEA EXPRESS’ …

21 April 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: very strong – ‘PROTEA EXPRESS’Viz: 8m at the bottom, 10 – 15m mid water – viz improvingSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius – patchy warm and cold Southern Pinnacles: Lots of reef fish today, all seen very quickly as current was strong. No big stuff, but water was flat and it was…

We dived.

20 April 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: very strong – ‘PROTEA EXPRESS’Viz: 5 – 8m at the bottom, 10 – 15m mid waterSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius – patchy warm and cold Northern Pinnacles: So I would love to tell you what a fab dive we had … but the truth is all we saw was lots of…

Round Ribbontail Rays around.

19 April 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: very strongViz: 10m – very ‘snowy’, lots of PlanktonSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark that popped in mid water. 3 Potato Bass. A few Round Ribbontail Rays. Not many fish today, but good to be in the water again after an extended break … and still…