4 December 2018 | PROTEA BANKS
Current: normal
Viz: 15m, lots of Plankton
Sea Temp: 20 degrees at bottom – 23 degrees Celsius mid water
DIVE 1- Southern Pinnacle: On the reef we had 5 Ragged-tooth sharks chilling, some of the divers saw 1 Tiger shark following the group from behind and while they were checking out the Tiger the other divers saw 1 Hammerhead shark. At the pinnacle we had 1 Eagle Ray, 2 Round Ribbontail Rays and just over sand shark gully we had 1 shoal of Hammerhead sharks. Mid water we had 1 Oceanic Blacktip shark and 1 Dusky shark.
DIVE 2- Southern Pinnacle: On the way to the reef we had a huge shoal of Bigeye Kingfish. On the reef we had 10+ Ragged-tooth sharks and as we turned around BOOM!!!! We had a huge shoal of Hammerhead sharks from top to bottom. As we drifted we had another 4 lonely Hammerhead sharks, 3 Round Ribbontail Rays, and 1 Eagle Ray.