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A WALL of HAMMERHEAD sharks, must have been more than 500 … EPIC!!!

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23 September 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 10 – 12mSea Temp: 19 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: A WALL of HAMMERHEAD sharks, must have been more than 500 … EPIC!!! 3 Oceanic Blacktip sharks popping in and out. Lots of reef fish! INCREDIBLE DIVE!!!!!!! DIVE 2 – Southern Pinnacles: More shoaling HAMMERHEAD sharks, but…

Saw SHOALING HAMMERHEAD sharks twice.

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22 September 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 8mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: Saw SHOALING HAMMERHEAD sharks twice. 5 Oceanic Blacktip sharks that popped in and out. Lots of reef fish. Nice to get back in the water again, but not great viz. 

WOW!!!! So much life to see today!!

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4 September 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 20mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: WOW!!!! So much life to see today!! Our dive started with a Southern Right Whale and her new born WHITE baby playing on the backline when we launched, along with a huge school of Dolphins. Reef alive with fish. In mid…

2 Humpback Whales graced us with their presence by swimming right under us at 15m!!

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29 August 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 25m+Sea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: Ragged-tooth sharks in the cave and loads of beautiful reef fish! Had 3 very friendly Potato Bass, accompanied by a big Brindle Bass. 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks joined us from 10m+ and stayed with us till the end. Great…

4 Potato Bass – one very friendly.

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27 August 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: 1 Bull (Zambezi) shark. 4 Potato Bass – one very friendly. Lots of shark teeh in the caves but no Ragged-tooth sharks. Lots of reef fish and a Remora that stayed with us for most of the…

4 species of shark … whoop, whoop!!!!!

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26 August 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 12 – 15mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacles: 3 Ragged-tooth sharks – found lots of teeth in the caves. 1 Bull (Zambezi) shark when coming down. 1 Hammerhead shark that swam right over us. 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark on the safety stop. 3 Potato Bass. Lots of reef…

A 91 minute dive time on Protea Banks …

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24 August 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 25m+Sea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Northern Pinnacles: 6 Ragged-tooth sharks in the caves. Bull (Zambezi) sharks and Oceanic Blacktip sharks swimming in and out of the entire dive. Lots of reef fish. AN AMAZING SHARK FILLED DIVE!!!!!!! DIVE 2 – Northern Pinnacles: A 91 minute…

Protea Banks looked like an aquarium!!!!

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23 August 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 30mSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacles: 3 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. Reef alive with reef and game fish. Protea Banks looked like an aquarium!!!! Also has shoaling Redfang Trigger fish and game fish. STUNNING DIVE!!!!! And yes there are sharks on Protea Banks … Esmari and Chris ……

Could hear Whales throughout the whole dive, loud and clear!

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21 August 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 25m+Sea Temp: 20 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Really nice relaxing dive. Ocean alive with reef and game fish. Saw a school of Moorish Idols, a Clown Triggerfish, a beautiful big Nudibranch and loads of Crayfish. Had 4 Oceanic Blacktip sharks stay with us from about…

UNBELIEVABLE, ONCE IN A LIFETIME, MIND BLOWING DIVES TODAY …

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19 August 2012 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 20m+Sea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: AN UNBELIEVABLE, ONCE IN A LIFETIME DIVE!!!!!! Dive started with 2 Hammerhead sharks. Then we were entertained by a Potato Bass and a ‘baby’ Marbled Electric Ray. Before we could spend some time with them we saw a…

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Qualification – Advanced and Above

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

RATES – 2023

  • Reef Dive including Cylinder R900.00 per person
  • Baited Shark Dive including Cylinder R1950.00 per person
  • Full Equipment Hire R500.00 per day
  • Single Item Hire R100.00 per day
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  • Nitrox fill R150.00 per dive
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It is highly recommended to book Nitrox for the reef dives as this will maximize your bottom time, allowing for more opportunity to see more.

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Our Baited Shark Dives are done at a max depth of 15 meters, so and Open water qualification would be sufficient. However the reef dives are deep dives and we can offer the following options:

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  • Baited Shark Dive including Cylinder R1950.00 per person per dive
  • Adventures in Deep (incl. equipment and instructor) R1500.00 per person per dive
  • Full Equipment Hire R500.00 per day
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For someone looking for a one-time experience and not holding a qualification, we can offer the following options:

RATES – 2023

  • Tidal Pool Dive R500.00 per person per dive
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