13 January 2021 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 20m mid water and about 10m at the bottomSea Temp:25 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius at the bottom DIVE 1 – Baited Shark Dive: We had in total 4 Zambezi (Bull) sharks today with 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark darting in and out between them. A nice…
11 January 2021 | PROTEA BANKS Current: reverseViz: 20m midwater and about 15m at the bottomSea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius at the bottom Southern Pinnacle: As we backwards rolled we come straight into a school of Yellowtail being targeted by fisherman. We had 4 Bull (Zambezi) sharks in straight away obviously all…
9 January 2021 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 25m mid water and about 10m at the bottomSea Temp: 25 degrees Celsius and 23 degrees Celsius at the bottom Northern Pinnacle: As we dropped in the water two big Bull (Zambezi )sharks and an Oceanic Blacktip shark were waiting to meet us. When we got into the colder…
7 January 2021 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 20mSea Temp: 25 degrees Celsius Baited Shark Dive: TIGER shark at the start stayed for 15 minutes. Also 2 Zambezi (Bull) sharks 2 Oceanic Blacktips. Very exciting dive.
4 January 2021 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius Northern Pinnacle: As we backwards rolled in and made it to the bottom we had 2 Bull (Zambezi) sharks come in and say hi. The reef being rather slow, we had few fish out and about but did have another Bull…
3 January 2021 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 24 degrees on the surface and 22 degrees Celsius on the reef Northern Pinnacle: Saw 1 TIGER shark but briefly. Also 3 Oceanic Blacktips and 2 Potato Bass.
2 January 2021 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius on the reef and 23 degrees Celsius at bottom DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: The reef was stunning today and as we got down we had a very inquisitive Potato Bass. Shoaling Kingfish were seen all over today. On the reef we…
31 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: weakViz: 25mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: An action packed day on the reef! We managed to see petty much everything imaginable on the first dive, Hammerheads, Bull (Zambezi) sharks, Tiger sharks, Eagle Rays and Sandsharks … we saw them all. Combine the marine life…
28 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: mildViz: 15 – 20mSea Temp: 24 degrees Celsius at the surface DIVE 1 – Baited Shark Dive: We had a slow start to the baited dive, but after we relocated the bait drum once, we finally started to get some action. We had the appearance of an Oceanic Blacktip…
26 December 2020 | PROTEA BANKS Current: slightViz:10m Sea Temp: 23 degrees Celsius Southern Pinnacle: With viz changing everyday, today was on the lesser side. We had 10m on the bottom and about 15m top viz. On the reef we had lots of reef fish and 2 Ribbontail Rays. Looking up from the bottom we…
