Lots of sharks!

18 July 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 25mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: At least 30 Ragged-tooth sharks. 1 Bull (Zambezi) shark. 7 Oceanic Blacktip sharks popping in and out on the dive. 1 Brindle Bass. Big, big shoal of Bonito. Also lots of reef fish. Humpback Whales and Dolphins seen from the boat. The sea…

BABY HUMPBACK WHALE on scuba!! Boom!!!

7 July 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: weak, reverseViz: 20mSea Temp: 16 degrees Celsius, brrrrrrrr Northern Pinnacles: Dropped in on 3 Bull (Zambezi) sharks and 1 BABY HUMPBACK WHALE! Woohoo! 15 Ragged-tooth sharks around the caves. 1 Potato Bass midwater. Loads of shoaling fish @ 15m. Saw plenty of Triggerfish and reef fish as well. Sea rough but…

Whales and Dolphins greeted us!

29 June 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: Greeted on the surface by 2 Humpback Whales surrounded by a big pod of Dolphins! Drifted over beautiful small caves and spotted 1 Ragged-tooth shark. Spotted loads of interesting ‘jellies’ from 18m and were then joined by 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks who kept…

A TURTLE!!!! … for a change …

28 June 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: Started off with seeing Humpback Whales breaching on the surface, WOW! Saw 3 large Ragged-tooth sharks and loads of beautiful reef fish. We were graced with a MASSIVE sleepy Turtle near the ocean floor and then followed for most of the…