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Saw plenty of Natal Knifejaw …

Dive LogbookBy admini29 November 2012Leave a comment

29 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: clean at bottom, milky mid waterSea Temp: 17 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: Saw plenty of Natal Knifejaw. We past a couple beautiful large feather corals. Had 1 large Round Ribbontail Ray. Lots of reef fish.   DIVE 2 – Southern Pinnacles: We dropped in…

Dropped in on a big shoal of Tuna.

Dive LogbookBy admini27 November 2012Leave a comment

27 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mild, reverseViz: clean at bottom, milky at 5mSea Temp: 18 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Dropped in on a big shoal of Tuna. Saw 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks and plenty of reef fish. Caught a glimpse of a couple of Scalloped Hammerheads in the distance.…

4 species of sharks on PROTEA BANKS today.

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23 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mild, reverseViz: clean at bottom, milky at 5mSea Temp: very cold at the bottom, 21 degrees Celsius mid water DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Plenty of Oceanic Blacktip sharks and Dusky sharks throughout the dive. 1 Ragged-tooth shark on the bottom. 1 friendly Potato Bass and 1 Round Ribbontail…

Round Ribbontail Rays on both the Northern and Southern Pinnacles.

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20 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: no currentViz: 5 – 15mSea Temp: 18 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Saw Humpback Whales breaching on the surface before we dropped. Had 2 large Round Ribbontail Rays pass by. Spotted 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark in the distance. Also a large shoal of Fingerfin fish.…

2 schools of Hammerhead sharks …

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19 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 10 – 15mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: Dropped into loads of shoaling reef and game fish. Drifted over a Round Ribbontail Ray and a friendly Potato Bass. Spotted 2 schools of Hammerhead sharks that swam quite close to us and then later some more Hammerhead sharks…

2 Greater Hammerhead sharks, and more …

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18 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Dropped in on 3 Round Ribbontail Rays (1baby). We saw 4 Oceanic Blacktip sharks, most of them occurring from midwater and up. Water was turquoise from mid water up, lovely. Had one group of shoaling Hammerhead sharks, WOW!!…

Dusky and Hammerhead sharks … great day of diving!

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13 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: A big school of Dolphins on the surface before the drop site – great start!!! Dropped in on a large shoal of Bigeye Kingfish. Spotted 1 small Bull (Zambezi) shark from above. Then we saw 3 Scalloped…

4 different schools of Hammerhead sharks (100’s!)

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12 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: Dropped into loads of reef and game fish! Saw a Potato Bass, a MASSIVE Musselcracker and over 4 different schools of Hammerhead sharks (100’s!) Also one Greater Hammerhead shark scouting the bottom and also 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark that popped in…

Saw Barracuda, Oceanic Blacktip sharks, Dusky sharks and Hammerhead sharks all shoaling together.

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10 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Dropped into beautiful water with sun shining – what a change! Ocean floor was alive with reef fish. Saw an Eagle Ray. Had Oceanic Blacktip sharks and Dusky sharks popping in and out of vision for the duration…

here were literally 100’s of Hammerhead sharks that completely surrounded the group multiple times!!

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7 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 30mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: We saw Humpback Whales and Dolphins on the boat ride out, ended up snorkelling with the Dolphins twice before our dives began …  then dropped in on Dusky sharks, Oceanic Blacktip sharks and a big Potato Bass! We…

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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
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