26 October 2016 | PROTEA BANKS
Current: strong
Viz: 10 – 15m
Sea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius
DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: On our way down to the reef we had 3 Hammerhead Sharks pass by. The reef had so many reef and gamefish all over including huge shoals of Bigeye Kingfish and a Huge Eagle Ray. We also had 2 sets of 100’s of shoaling Hammerhead Sharks!!!!! WOW WOW WOW!!!!! Right before we started to multi-level we had about 15 Guitar Sharks and a Round Ribbontail Ray. Mid water we had another set of about 50 shoaling Hammerhead Sharks pass by and a Oceanic Blacktip Shark popping in and out.
DIVE 2 – Northern Pinnacle: As we got to the reef we had a Potato Bass. Got to the cave and it had about 15 Ragged Tooth Sharks chilling around. We also got to pick up a few sharks teeth. Right before we started to multi-level we had a Zambezi (Bull) Shark. Mid water we had 100’s of shoaling Hammerhead Sharks pass by!!!! AMAZING!!!!! We also had 5 Oceanic Blacktip Sharks popping in and out keeping us busy for the rest of the dive.
Whales seen from the boat today, as well as some Flying fish.