10 August 2013 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 20m+Sea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. With very little current on Protea Banks so we managed to spend some time exploring the wonders of the reef – the reef was full of life. We also had lots of Kingfish in Kingfish Gully. The…
6 August 2013 | PROTEA BANKS Current: medium to strongViz: 10m, murkySea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: For the first part of the dive there was a strong current so although there were probably a lot of reef fish to see, it all went by pretty quickly and no sharks, so I was cursing thinking…
3 August 2013 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10 – 15m, milkySea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: 4 Ragged-tooth sharks in the first cave. No ‘Raggies’ in the second cave but gave us time to look around for shark teeth. 1 Dusky shark at the bottom. 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark midwater. 1 Potato…
31 July 2013 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 20m+Sea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: 3 HUMPBACK WHALES including a ‘BABA’ that really was like a puppy and just wanted to play with the divers. UNBELIEVABLE!!! Oh and then a MINKIE WHALE on the safety stop. If this is not enough there were…
27 July 2013 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10 – 15m, milkySea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: 2 Bull (Zambezi) sharks. 5 Oceanic Blacktip sharks in and out of the safety stop. 1 very cool jellyfish. A few Bonito popping in and out of the dive. Humpback Whales seen from the boat. All in all, a…
26 July 2013 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – BAITED SHARK DIVE: 1 TIGER SHARK at the end of the dive, briefly but enough time to hear Lisa scream in excitement and to get some footage. 12 Oceanic Blacktip sharks for most of the dive. 3 Dusky…
23 July 2013 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10 – 15mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: About 10-15 Ragged-tooth sharks. 2 Bull (Zambezi) sharks and 4 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. Bonito. School of red eye sardine. Reef alive with reef fish and symphony of Whale songs through the entire dive. Humpback Whales also…
22 July 2013 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 10mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius BAITED SHARK DIVE: At least 12 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. 3 Bull (Zambezi) sharks and 1 GRUMPY Potato Bass. FULL ON ACTION FROM BEGINNING TO END!!!!! Humpback Whales and Dolphins seen from the boat. AN AWESOME DIVE!!!
21 July 2013 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strong – ‘PROTEA EXPRESS’ todayViz: 15mSea Temp: 19 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: About 15 to 20 Ragged-tooth sharks. 3 Bull (Zambezi) sharks and 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. 2 Potato Bass. Reef alive with reef fish. A couple of Humpback Whales seen from the boat.
20 July 2013 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15mSea Temp: 19 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – BAITED SHARK DIVE: 3 Bull (Zambezi) sharks, 3 Dusky sharks and 5 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. 1 lonely Bonito. A really action packed dive from beginning to end … whoop … whoop! DIVE 2 – Northern Pinnacles: About 15 to 20…
