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A baby Marbled Electric Ray.

Dive LogbookBy admini 16 December 2012 Leave a comment

16 December 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mild, reverseViz: 10m at top, 20m from mid water down to bottomSea Temp: 16 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Lots of reef fish. 1 baby Marbled Electric Ray. 1 unidentified shark. Lots of ‘jellies’ mid water and at the safety stop. DIVE 2 – AREA 51:…

The highlight of the dive was the 5 DIFFERENT sightings of shoaling Hammerhead sharks, 100+ at a time …

Dive LogbookBy admini 14 December 2012 Leave a comment

14 December 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 5 – 15mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: At the beginning of our bottom time we came across 1 Round Ribbontail Ray. We saw a wonderful array of reef fish. We then spotted 1 Potato Bass and a shoal of Tropical Amberjacks. The highlight of the dive…

Saw a big Porcupine fish …

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12 December 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 10 – 15mSea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: Dropped into loads of shoaling reef fish with some game fish as well. Saw a big Porcupine fish and also an Eagle Ray. Lots of interesting ‘jellies’ at the safety stop. Nice relaxing dive.

Towards the end of the dive we were rewarded with 50+ Hammerhead sharks … YAY!

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10 December 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 25m at the surface but dirty coming downSea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: We saw 1 Dusky shark in mid water. During our bottom time we picked up shoaling Kingfish and Tuna. Had beautiful visibility from the surface to about 20m. Saw plenty of…

Hammerhead sharks on AREA 51 …

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9 December 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10mSea Temp: 17 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – AREA 51: Dropped onto beautiful pinnacles and overhangs. Saw 1 friendly Potato Bass. Reef and game fish. In mid water we saw a school of Hammerhead sharks. Lots of interesting ‘jellies’ on the safety stop.

Had one curious Remora in mid water …

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8 December 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 5m at top, 10m from mid water down to bottomSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: The reef was bustling with fish. Saw 2 Potato Bass during our bottom time. We were then joined by 2 Scalloped Hammerhead sharks very briefly in mid water. Had…

A large Round Ribbontail Ray on AREA 51.

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4 December 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 5m at top, 15m from mid water down to bottomSea Temp: 17 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – AREA 51: 1 large Round Ribbontail Ray. Along the reef, saw plenty of Red Fang Triggerfish and Big Eye Kingfish. In mid water we had 1 curious Dusky shark and…

100’s and 100’s of game fish …

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3 December 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 3m at top, 15m+ from mid water down to bottomSea Temp: 18 to 21 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: Dropped into very bad viz (3m!!!), but it opened up from about 25m so we could see a lot of the reef with plenty of fish hanging around. Drifted over the…

A couple of Ragged-tooth sharks still hanging around …

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1 December 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 5m at top, 15m from mid water down to bottomSea Temp: 18 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – AREA 51: Beautiful part of Protea Banks to explore! Plenty of pinnacles and canyons to explore. Loads of reef fish, as well as 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark. Also saw 1…

Nudibranchs …

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30 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 10m at bottom, 5m from mid water up to safety stopSea Temp: 18 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Dropped into a very dark milky ocean, but cleared up a bit on the bottom. No current, so had a great time looking at all the fish…

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A baby Marbled Electric Ray.

The highlight of the dive was the 5 DIFFERENT sightings of shoaling Hammerhead sharks, 100+ at a time …

Saw a big Porcupine fish …

Towards the end of the dive we were rewarded with 50+ Hammerhead sharks … YAY!

Hammerhead sharks on AREA 51 …

Had one curious Remora in mid water …

A large Round Ribbontail Ray on AREA 51.

100’s and 100’s of game fish …

A couple of Ragged-tooth sharks still hanging around …

Nudibranchs …

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