Dive Logbook – Page 144 – Aqua Planet Dive Centre & Charter – Protea Banks, Shelly Beach, KZN, South Africa

A couple of Ragged-tooth sharks still hanging around …

Dive LogbookBy admini 1 December 2012 Leave a comment

1 December 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 5m at top, 15m from mid water down to bottomSea Temp: 18 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – AREA 51: Beautiful part of Protea Banks to explore! Plenty of pinnacles and canyons to explore. Loads of reef fish, as well as 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark. Also saw 1…

Nudibranchs …

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30 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 10m at bottom, 5m from mid water up to safety stopSea Temp: 18 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Dropped into a very dark milky ocean, but cleared up a bit on the bottom. No current, so had a great time looking at all the fish…

Saw plenty of Natal Knifejaw …

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29 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: clean at bottom, milky mid waterSea Temp: 17 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: Saw plenty of Natal Knifejaw. We past a couple beautiful large feather corals. Had 1 large Round Ribbontail Ray. Lots of reef fish. DIVE 2 – Southern Pinnacles: We dropped in…

Dropped in on a big shoal of Tuna.

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27 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mild, reverseViz: clean at bottom, milky at 5mSea Temp: 18 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Dropped in on a big shoal of Tuna. Saw 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks and plenty of reef fish. Caught a glimpse of a couple of Scalloped Hammerheads in the distance.…

4 species of sharks on PROTEA BANKS today.

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23 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mild, reverseViz: clean at bottom, milky at 5mSea Temp: very cold at the bottom, 21 degrees Celsius mid water DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Plenty of Oceanic Blacktip sharks and Dusky sharks throughout the dive. 1 Ragged-tooth shark on the bottom. 1 friendly Potato Bass and 1 Round Ribbontail…

Round Ribbontail Rays on both the Northern and Southern Pinnacles.

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20 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: no currentViz: 5 – 15mSea Temp: 18 to 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Saw Humpback Whales breaching on the surface before we dropped. Had 2 large Round Ribbontail Rays pass by. Spotted 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark in the distance. Also a large shoal of Fingerfin fish.…

2 schools of Hammerhead sharks …

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19 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 10 – 15mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: Dropped into loads of shoaling reef and game fish. Drifted over a Round Ribbontail Ray and a friendly Potato Bass. Spotted 2 schools of Hammerhead sharks that swam quite close to us and then later some more Hammerhead sharks…

2 Greater Hammerhead sharks, and more …

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18 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Dropped in on 3 Round Ribbontail Rays (1baby). We saw 4 Oceanic Blacktip sharks, most of them occurring from midwater and up. Water was turquoise from mid water up, lovely. Had one group of shoaling Hammerhead sharks, WOW!!…

Dusky and Hammerhead sharks … great day of diving!

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13 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 15mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: A big school of Dolphins on the surface before the drop site – great start!!! Dropped in on a large shoal of Bigeye Kingfish. Spotted 1 small Bull (Zambezi) shark from above. Then we saw 3 Scalloped…

4 different schools of Hammerhead sharks (100’s!)

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12 November 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: Dropped into loads of reef and game fish! Saw a Potato Bass, a MASSIVE Musselcracker and over 4 different schools of Hammerhead sharks (100’s!) Also one Greater Hammerhead shark scouting the bottom and also 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark that popped in…

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A couple of Ragged-tooth sharks still hanging around …

Nudibranchs …

Saw plenty of Natal Knifejaw …

Dropped in on a big shoal of Tuna.

4 species of sharks on PROTEA BANKS today.

Round Ribbontail Rays on both the Northern and Southern Pinnacles.

2 schools of Hammerhead sharks …

2 Greater Hammerhead sharks, and more …

Dusky and Hammerhead sharks … great day of diving!

4 different schools of Hammerhead sharks (100’s!)

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