2 July 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: none – mediumViz: 5m from mid water, 15m at the bottom Sea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: On the reef we had Ragged-tooth sharks everywhere on the reef. Both of the caves were stacked with Ragged-tooth sharks. Mid water we had 3 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. DIVE…
30 June 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: On the reef we had 2 Ragged-tooth sharks, 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks and 1 Potato Bass. In the cave we had 5 Ragged-tooth sharks. Mid water we had 5+ Hammerhead sharks and 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks DIVE…
29 June 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: slightViz: 10m, greenSea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: As we got down we saw 1 Zambezi (Bull) shark, the Bull shark came back a few times, not being sure what we are in the viz. On the reef we had 1 Ragged-tooth shark, 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark,…
28 June 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10 – 15m, greenSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: On the way down we had a few Hammerhead sharks. On the reef we had a shoal of Bigeye Kingfish and plenty of reef fish. On Sandshark Gully we had 10+ Guitar sharks and…
25 June 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 15m, greenSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: On Karen’s dive we had 1 Greater Hammerhead shark. On Miggie and Peter’s dive we had 1 Tiger shark. On Kym’s dive we had 1 Guitar shark. On everyone’s dive we had 1 Ragged-tooth shark, 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks and…
23 June 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: noneViz: 10m, greenSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: As we dropped in we had 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark. On the reef we had Ragged-tooth sharks everywhere on the reef. We also had 1 Potato Bass and lots of reef fish. Mid water we had 5 Oceanic Blacktip sharks…
22 June 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: noneViz: 10 – 15m, greenSea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: As we dropped in we had 1 Zambezi (Bull) shark. On the reef we had 10 Ragged-tooth sharks, 1 Round Ribbontail Ray, 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark and 1 Potato Bass. The reef was crazy today, so active with…
20 June 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15m, very milkySea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: What another unexpected dive with shoaling Hammerheads sharks being seen several times on the dive. Also some Oceanic Blacktip sharks popping in and out. AND a Bull (Zambezi) shark sneaking up on us. DIVE 2 – Baited…
Karen Tredger … Wow!!! Where do you even start with this ’badass’ instructor that can teach us all something, in her 27 years of diving Protea Banks. Karen was not just one of the first woman, but also part of the first group of divers brave enough take on these so called ‘ Shark Infested…
19 June 2019 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 20mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Baited Shark Dive: As we dropped in we had 6 Oceanic Blacktip sharks, but the action did pick up to 10 Oceanic Blacktip sharks, 4 Zambezi (Bull) sharks and 1 Dusky shark.
