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HAMMERHEADS EVERYWHERE ON PROTEA BANKS TODAY … NO JOKES !!

Dive LogbookBy admini30 December 2018Leave a comment

30 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10m decreasing throughout the daySea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Baited Shark Dive: Slow start but after a few minutes we had 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks staying with us for the entire dive. We also had Rainbow Runners and lots of interesting Jellyfishes. DIVE 2 – Southern Pinnacle: On…

CLEAN, WARM AND INSANELY GREAT DIVE ON PROTEA BANKS TODAY !!!

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29 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strongViz: 30m+ (top to bottom!!)Sea Temp: 25 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Baited Shark Dive: Sharks were a bit fussy today and took quite some time, with a lot of work to get them BUT … OOOHH MY GOODNESS!!!! Shoaling Hammerhead sharks!!!!! AND 1000’s of them!!!! One shoal was passing for…

BIG WAVES, FLAT SEA, SUN SHINE AND SHARKS ON PROTEA BANKS!!!

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27 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10m bottom, 8m top (Plankton)Sea Temp: 21 – 23 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: As we got to the reef it was full of colourful fish and 1 Round Ribbontail Ray. As we started making our way up a Hammerhead shark came in and left again…

HARD WORK BUT SO WORTH IT!!!

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26 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mediumViz: 10m bottom, 8m top (Plankton)Sea Temp: 21 – 23 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: As we got down to the reef we saw a Potato Bass. As we drifted over Sand Shark Gully we had shoaling Hammerhead sharks. Mid water we had 1 very curious Hammerhead…

WELL NO NEED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE DIVES ON PROTEA BANKS TODAY.

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24 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS Current: strong N – SViz: 12m (Plankton)Sea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius (top), 21 degrees Celsius (bottom) DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: On the reef we had Hammerhead sharks, 3 of them coming to say Hello. And … 4 Round Ribbontail Rays and a wonderful TIGER Shark. 1 Oceanic Blacktip Shark. 1 Potato Bass.…

WARM AND RELAXED DIVE ON PROTEA BANKS TODAY.

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21 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS Current: slight N-SViz: 15m bottom, 12m top (Plankton)Sea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius (top) ,21 degrees Celsius (bottom) Southern Pinnacle: On the reef we had 2 friendly Potato Bass with lots of reef fish and gamefish. Mid water we saw 1 Round Ribbontail Ray at the bottom and we had…

100’s AND 100’s AND 100’s OF HAMMERHEAD SHARKS ON PROTEA BANKS TODAY!!!!

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19 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS Current: normalViz: 8m bottom, 15 – 20m top (Plankton)Sea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius (top), 21 degrees Celsius (bottom) DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: As we got down to the reef we had 1 Ragged-tooth shark and 1 Dusky shark. As we drifted we had 4 shoals of 100’s and 100’s…

WOW TWO VERY DIFFERENT DIVES ON PROTEA BANKS TODAY!!!

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18 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS Current: 12m bottom, 20m topSea Temp: 21 degrees Celsius (top) ,18 degrees Celsius (bottom) DIVE 1 – Baited Shark Dive: We had to work super hard today to get the sharks attention but when we did … there were shoaling Hammerhead at the bottom of us and then above us.…

ICE COLD WATER ON PROTEA BANKS.

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17 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS Current: normalViz: 10m bottom – 5m topSea Temp: 17- 20 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacle: On the reef we had 2 Potato Bass, lots of reef fish and gamefish seen. As we started going up we had 1 Ragged-tooth shark popping in. Mid water we had a wide range of Plankton.…

BULL, BLACKTIP, RAYS AND MORE ON PROTEA BANKS.

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14 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS Current: normalViz: 8m bottom – 15m topSea Temp: 22 – 23 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacle: On the reef we had 8 Round Ribbontail Rays (2 of the Round Ribbontail Rays were massive). We couldn’t see much at the bottom but we had some reef fish and 1 Potato Bass swimming…

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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
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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
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  • Advanced Course (5-6 Dives) R6800.00 per course
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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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