We dived.

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20 April 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: very strong – ‘PROTEA EXPRESS’Viz: 5 – 8m at the bottom, 10 – 15m mid waterSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius – patchy warm and cold Northern Pinnacles: So I would love to tell you what a fab dive we had … but the truth is all we saw was lots of…

Round Ribbontail Rays around.

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19 April 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: very strongViz: 10m – very ‘snowy’, lots of PlanktonSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark that popped in mid water. 3 Potato Bass. A few Round Ribbontail Rays. Not many fish today, but good to be in the water again after an extended break … and still…

A MARLIN … whoop, whoop!

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17 April 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 15mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: Whoop, whoop a MARLIN today. Also a Potato Bass and lots of reef fish. DIVE 2 – Southern Pinnacles – THE ARCH: A Great Hammerhead shark, 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark and 7 Guitar sharks. Pretty dive.

PROTEA BANKS ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL.

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8 April 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 20mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: 2 Potato Bass. HUGE shoals of gamefish all over – pretty EPIC.  Lots of reef fish.  DIVE 2 – Northern Pinnacles: 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark. Lots of gamefish and reef fish – Awesome!!! The viz had cleared up and the…

We got wet …

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2 April 2014 | PROTEA BANKS Current: reverse, pulling inshoreViz: clear at bottom but very milky mid waterSea Temp: 25 degrees Celsius near surface but freezing at bottom Southern Pinnacles: With the current pulling inshore and reverse, we just managed to stay on the reef. Saw 1 Round Ribbontail Ray and reef alive with your smaller reef fish.…