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SUPER CLEAN WATER TODAY … 30M VIZ!!

Dive LogbookBy admini24 December 2020Leave a comment

24 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: nilViz: 30mSea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacle: As we did our backwards roll and turned around I could already see the reef, we don’t often have such good viz. Our hammerheads saw us coming way before we could see them. We did have 1 big Greater Hammerhead…

BAITED DIVE AND REEF DIVE TODAY!

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22 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 10m, milkySea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius near the surface and 20 degrees Celsius on the bottom DIVE 1 – Baited Shark Dive: 2 Zambezi (Bull) sharks including ‘Spot’ our new awesome local male Bull shark. 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks and 1 Dusky shark. Dolphins were seen around…

SHARKS GALORE ON PROTEA BANKS TODAY!!!!

Dive LogbookBy admini21 December 2020Leave a comment

21 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius near the surface and 21 degrees Celsius on the bottom DIVE 1 – Baited Shark Dive: Started off with 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks passing the drum. After about 20 minutes we had 5 Oceanic Blacktip sharks and 3 Zambezi (Bull) sharks staying…

ANOTHER GREAT DAY OF DIVING, WHEN ARE YOU COMING???

Dive LogbookBy admini17 December 2020Leave a comment

17 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 20m surface, 15m bottomSea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Baited Shark Dive: Once again we got our awesome male Bull (Zambezi) shark although he only came onto the dive about 20 minutes into the dive. Otherwise we had 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks and 2 Bull…

A PROPER BULL SHARK BAITED!!

Dive LogbookBy admini16 December 2020Leave a comment

16 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 20mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius Baited Shark Dive: A super Baited today, Dominated by the Bull (Zambezi) sharks. In total we had 5 Bull (Zambezi) sharks with 3 of them coming real close and staying around. The star of the dive was a male Bull (Zambezi) shark…

ANOTHER DOUBLE TANK, DOUBLE HAMMERED!!.

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15 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 20mSea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: First dive on south was rather slow on the reef, seeing only 1 Bull (Zambezi) shark and some reef fish. A Tiger was spotted just before Sandshark Gully. As we made it to Sandshark Gully we could…

2 DIVES WITH REALLY STRONG CURRENT.

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14 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 20m on the surface, 15m on the bottomSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: As we backwards rolled we had a Bull (Zambezi) shark under us waiting to say Hello. Soon afterwards we had our first Hammerhead sighting getting us real excited for a Hammerhead dive.…

FAST PACE DRIFT DIVE TODAY, MANY SPECIES SPOTTED.

Dive LogbookBy admini10 December 2020Leave a comment

10 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 10m, milkySea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacle: As we backwards rolled and made our way down it was clear we didn’t have the best viz. Whilst making our way down we descended straight onto a group of Hammerheads group including 3 big Greater Hammerheads. After our quick…

NICE AND BLUE TODAY, A VERY GOOD DRIFT.

Dive LogbookBy admini7 December 2020Leave a comment

7 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 20mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacle: So we had a great drift dive today, nice blue water and a nice speed current to push us along the reef. We had an Oceanic Blacktip right in the beginning and a school of Hammerhead sharks. In total we…

MILKY WATER ON PROTEA BANKS BUT NOT WITHOUT ACTION

Dive LogbookBy admini6 December 2020Leave a comment

6 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: medium Viz: 15m but milkySea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacle: Lots of Hammerhead sharks on Protea Banks today, but with the milky water they were not seen very clearly. A Bull (Zambezi) shark seen at the beginning of the dive as well as Greater Hammerhead shark. Kingfish…

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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
  • Full Equipment Hire R500.00 per day
  • Single Item Hire R100.00 per day
  • MPA Permit R100.00 valid for a month
  • Nitrox fill R150.00 per dive
  • Dive assistant R350.00 per dive

It is highly recommended to book Nitrox for the reef dives as this will maximize your bottom time, allowing for more opportunity to see more.

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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:

RATES – 2023

  • Baited Shark Dive including Cylinder R1950.00 per person per dive
  • Adventures in Deep (incl. equipment and instructor) R1500.00 per person per dive
  • Full Equipment Hire R500.00 per day
  • Single Item Hire R100.00 per day
  • MPA Permit R100.00 valid for a month
  • Advanced Course (5-6 Dives) R6800.00 per course
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For someone looking for a one-time experience and not holding a qualification, we can offer the following options:

RATES – 2023

  • Tidal Pool Dive R500.00 per person per dive
  • Baited Shark Snorkeling R1500.00 per person per dive
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