1 April 2018 | PROTEA BANKS

Current: strong
Viz: 10m to 30m
Sea Temp: 22 degrees Celsius at the bottom, 24 degrees Celsius midwater

DIVE 1 – Southern Pinnacle: We got to the reef where we had 3 Potato Bass circling us, just had an amazing dive on the reef with all the reef fish. We also had 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark just chilling above us. Mid water we saw 8 Guitar sharks on the sand, had 1 Zambezi (Bull) coming in close. We then we had 1 Greater Hammerhead shark and 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark.

DIVE 2 – Baited shark Dive: One massive TIGER shark at the bottom with a Potato Bass chilling around. Lots of reef fish. Mid water we had 5 Oceanic Blacktip sharks. A couple of Remora and a stunning Jellyfish.

DIVE 3 – Northern Pinnacle: Strong drift over the reef seeing some Potato Bass, a Malabar and a Wahoo. Mid water was a bit more active with some Zambezi (Bull) sharks and Oceanic Blacktip sharks popping in and out. So many gamefish, shoaling Bonita and more …

Sea was flat, what a day to be on Protea Banks.