26 December 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: medium – noneViz: 5 – 10m bottom, 15 – 20m top (SUPER BLUE)Sea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius bottom, 24 degrees Celsius top DIVE 1 – Baited Shark Dive: As we got in the water we had 2 Zambezi (Bull) sharks and an Oceanic Blacktip shark circling the drum.…
24 December 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: medium – noneViz: 10mSea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacle: As we got to the reef we had a Hammerhead shark spotted in the distance. We also had lots of reef fish all over and we had a small shoal of about 5 Hammerhead sharks pass by. Right…
23 December 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacle: As we got to the reef we had a Round Ribbontail Ray and lots of Bigeye Kingfish all over. We had a set of about 50 Shoaling Hammerhead sharks pass by. As we passed over Sandshark Gully we…
22 December 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: normalViz: 25mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacle: We got in and the water was so blue it was happy days again on Protea Banks. Had many fish on the reef, very relaxed colourful reef. Mid water was just epic … shoals of Hammerhead sharks everywhere we looked at…
21 December 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: normalViz: 21mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Baited Shark Dive: We had a total of 5 Oceanic Blacktip sharks, 3 Zambezi (Bull) sharks … it was an amazing dive compared to the last couple of days. Flying fish seen from the boat.
20 December 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: normalViz: 8 – 10mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1- Southern Pinnacle: It was a very quiet dive again today, very weird. Got down to the reef and saw many reef fish, the reef was filled with many colourful fishes. It was very chilled. Lots of jellyfish and plankton…
19 December 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: none Viz: 3 – 5mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: Dive was very green and very quiet we didn’t have any sharks on this dive BUT there were Potato Bass and many other reef fish. It was a different dive, looking at the small things.…
11 December 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: slightViz: 15m bottom, 15m top (milky)Sea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius bottom, 23 degrees Celsius top Southern Pinnacle: As we started to make our way down to the reef we had 1 Potato Bass and many reef fish surrounding us. Then we had 1 Hammerhead shark came in and then…
10 December 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15m bottom, 15m top (milky)Sea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius bottom, 23 degrees Celsius top DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacle: As we got to the reef we had a Potato Bass that decided to do the whole dive with us from beginning to end, they also called some friends…
9 December 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 20m bottom, 25m topSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius bottom, 23 degrees Celsius top DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: The dive was much quieter than yesterday’s reef dive. As we made our way down to the reef, there were many reef fish and we saw Mr. Potato Bass again.…
