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DOLPHINS, RAGGIES AND MORE … THE INCREDIBLE DIVING OF PROTEA BANKS CONTINUES …

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25 April 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacle: As we dropped we had 1 Ragged-tooth shark and an Oceanic Blacktip shark. When we got to the first cave, there was another Ragged-tooth shark. As we looked up we saw a TIGER shark. For the rest of…

THE NON STOP ACTION ON PROTEA BANKS CONTINUES …

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24 April 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: noneViz: 20m, a bit milkySea Temp: 24 – 26 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: As we dropped we had a Potato Bass, Eagle Ray and loads of Kingfish. The Pinnacle was alive with beautiful reef fish. After that we saw 3 Guitar sharks and another Eagle Ray. The rest…

2 TIGER SHARKS ON PROTEA BANKS … AND MORE … THE EPIC DIVING CONTINUES!

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22 April 2015 | PROTEA BANK Current: mildViz: 15 – 20m, a bit milkySea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: 3 Zambezi (Bull) and Oceanic Blacktip sharks. 5 Guitar sharks. 1 Eagle Ray. 1 Potato Bass. Shoaling Bigeye Kingfish. Lots of reef fish. A GREAT DIVE! Dolphins seen during the surface interval. DIVE 2…

5 TIGER SHARKS ON PROTEA BANKS … AND MORE … WHOOP, WHOOP!!! EPIC DIVING!!

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21 April 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15 – 20m, a bit milkySea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: Non stop action with Zambezi (Bull), Oceanic Blacktip and Dusky sharks. More than 10 Guitar sharks around. 5 Eagle Rays. 2 Potato Bass. Shoaling Rainbow Runners and Elongated Surgeon fish. Lots other gamefish and reef…

EXCELLENT BAITED SHARK DIVE ON PROTEA BANKS!!!

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18 April 2015| PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15 – 20m, milkySea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius BAITED SHARK DIVE: NON STOP ACTION … AND MORE!! 1 TIGER SHARK. At least 5 Zambezi (Bull) sharks and 10 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. 4 Potato Bass. So many gamefish coming on to the drum, including: Bonito, Kingfish and shoaling Rainbow Runners to…

NON STOP SHARK ACTION ON PROTEA BANKS!!!

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12 April 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10m, lots of PlanktonSea Temp: 22 to 24 degrees Celcius Southern Pinnacle: Although the viz had dropped, PROTEA BANKS, did not disappoint with non stop shark action from beginning to end. Zambezi (Bull), Oceanic Blacktip and Dusky sharks were around the entire time, and at times very…

SO MANY SHARKS ON PROTEA BANKS … SO LITTLE TIME!!!

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11 April 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 30m till 15m, then viz reduced to about 10mSea Temp: 30m till 15m, then viz reduced to about 10m DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: 1 TIGER SHARK. So many Zambezi (Bull), Dusky and Oceanic Blacktip sharks from the beginning to the end of the dive. 5+ Guitar sharks. Lots of…

AND STILL 5 SPECIES OF SHARKS ON PROTEA BANKS … WHOOP, WHOOP!!!

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10 April 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15 – 20m (viz milky)Sea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: Shoaling Hammerhead sharks behind shoaling Barracuda … EPIC. So many Zambezi (Bull), Dusky and Oceanic Blacktip sharks did not know in which direction to look … WOW, WOW, WOW!! 30+ guitar sharks. 3 Round Ribbontail Rays…

AND BETTER AND BETTER, 5 SPECIES SHARKS, RAYS AND DOLPHINS ON PROTEA BANKS … AND A HUMPBACK WHALE

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9 April 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 35m+Sea Temp: 24 – 26 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: 1 TIGER shark … so close … I thought he would eat Bryan … lol. 1 Greater Hammerhead shark. Zambezi (Bull), Oceanic Blacktip sharks and Dusky sharks all over … INCREDIBLE. More than 20 Guitar sharks. 4 DOLPHINS…

MORE INSANE DIVING ON PROTEA BANKS … IT JUST GETS BETTER!!!

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8 April 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: medium to strongViz: 30m+Sea Temp: 24 – 26 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: 3 sets of shoaling HAMMERHEAD sharks. At least 2 Zambezi (Bull) sharks and at least 3 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. Lots of Dusky sharks. More than 10 Guitar sharks. 3 Eagle Rays. 2 Round Ribbontail Rays.…

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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
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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:

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  • Baited Shark Dive including Cylinder R1950.00 per person per dive
  • Adventures in Deep (incl. equipment and instructor) R1500.00 per person per dive
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RATES – 2023

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