9 February 2013 | PROTEA BANKS
Current: mild
Viz: 30m
Sea Temp: 25 degrees Celsius
DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacles: Well where do I start? … 4 sets of shoaling HAMMERHEAD sharks and then several single HAMMERHEAD sharks. 2 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. 1 Round Ribbontail Ray. 1 Potato Bass. Kingfish. Loads of Butterfly fish and Trigger fish. Shoaling Elongated Surgeon. Lots of Remora’s and lots of Plankton. AND THEN ON THE SAFETY STOP 15 DOLPHINS ON SCUBA!!!!!!!!!WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DIVE!!!! STILL ON A HIGH!!!!
DIVE 2 – Southern Pinnacles: On the way out had a huge pod of DOLPHINS, including and ALBINO DOLPHIN!!!! 2 Bull (Zambezi) sharks and the more than 20 shoaling HAMMERHEAD sharks. 1 Potato Bass. 1 HUGE Natal Wrasse. Lots of Kingfish. Loads of reef fish. Hundreds of small Jellyfish and lots of interesting Plankton. NEW RECORD SET FOR DIVE OFF OUR BOAT – well done Suresh 101 MINUTE dive time and still came up with plenty of air.
WHAT A MIND BLOWING DAY!!!!!