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TURTLE, POTATO BASS AND 3 SPECIES OF SHARKS ON PROTEA BANKS … NOT TOO SHABBY!!

Dive LogbookBy admini15 March 2015Leave a comment

15 March 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: very strongViz: 15m, lots of Plankton in the waterSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius, much colder at the bottom Northern Pinnacles: With the current strong we made it all the way to La La Land which is stunning. On the bottom we had a TURTLE, 2 Potato Bass and some reef…

ZAM’S ON BOTH DIVE ON PROTEA BANKS TODAY!!!

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14 March 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15m+ till mid water and then not so clean at bottomSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius, colder at the bottom DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: We had some good action with Zambezi (Bull ) sharks popping in and out from mid water to the safety stop. A few reef fish…

NOT UNLUCKY FRIDAY THE 13th TODAY ON PROTEA BANKS!!

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13 March 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15m+ till mid water and then not so cleanSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius, colder at the bottom DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: WOW, WOW, WOW!! So so so many gamefish on the dive today. We dropped into 100’s and 100’s of Bonito. Shalonig jod fish, Kob, Bigeye Kingfish and…

WHOOP, WHOOP … AWESOME BAITED SHARK DIVE TODAY ON PROTEA BANKS!!!

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11 March 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strong (covered 9km on the dive)Viz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius BAITED SHARK DIVE: 4 to 5 Zambezi (Bull) sharks. At least 4 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. Some big ass Tuna flying in and out of the drum. A great action packed dive!!!

WHOOP, WHOOP … 3 SPECIES OF SHARK ON PROTEA BANKS!

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8 March 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10m+, milky with PlanktonSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: GREAT DIVE!!! 2 Hammerhead sharks next to Kingfish Gully with lots of Kingfish around. Then 1 Zambezi (Bull) shark. Then 1 Great Hammerhead shark. As we were coming up we spotted 2 Round Ribbontail Ray. Also shoaling Kob and…

PROTEA BANKS BACK TO NORMAL … it was definitely Hilary and Linda that are a bad luck combo!!!

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7 March 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 15m+, but milkySea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Strong current so it cleared up the viz on the dive and we could see again. The Pinnacle Ridge was full up with reef fish and on Kingfish gully, there were … Kingfish. All seen a bit…

The worst dive ever …

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6 March 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 3m, greenSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacle: 3 reef fish and some silhouettes of Trigger fish … eish … what a terrible dive.

SO SO SO MANY ROUND RIBBONTAIL RAYS!!

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27 February 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15m grey mid water, 8 to 10m at the bottomSea Temp: 17 degrees Celsius at bottom, 22 degrees Celsius on top Southern Pinnacles: Lots of reef fish and a Zambezi (Bull) shark in the beginning of the dive. Also 2 Potato Bass. A big shoal of juvenile Rainbow Runners.…

REALLY FUN DIVE ON PROTEA BANKS WITH LOTS OF RAYS

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26 February 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mild to strongViz: 15m, greySea Temp: 17 degrees Celsius at bottom, 20 degrees Celsius on top DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: Was a wonderful relaxed dive. The reef was full of beautiful reef fish and loads of game fish and a Round Ribbontail Ray. We also saw some amazing…

BRRRRRR … PROTEA BANKS A BIT NIPPY TODAY!

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25 February 2015 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 8 – 15m, greySea Temp: 16 – 18 degrees Celcius Southern Pinnacles: Dolphins from the boat today as we were kitting up. As we got to the bottom we had a shark but to far to identify correctly. The reef was so full of gamefish – lots and…

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As our reef dive is a deep dive, and Advanced Certification is Required. These are the following rates for dives on Protea Banks.

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  • Reef Dive including Cylinder R900.00 per person
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