Protea Banks
★★★★☆
(428)
This is an advanced dive site with 30m depth and more. The point of entry is at Shelley Beach with a boat ride of approximately 6km.
You can see blacktip sharks, bull sharks, dusky sharks, great hammerhead, great white sharks, guitarfish, sandtiger sharks, scalloped hammerhead and tiger sharks.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
iStock/HakBak1979
174 Sightings
J
20
F
22
M
12
A
4
M
24
J
21
J
9
A
7
S
5
O
5
N
20
D
25
Alamy-Christian Zappel
Scalloped Hammerhead
76 Sightings
J
4
F
3
M
3
A
1
M
1
J
9
J
3
A
5
S
0
O
0
N
23
D
24
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3
iStock/Dimitrios Stefanidis
Sand Tiger Shark
70 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
2
A
0
M
10
J
15
J
6
A
2
S
0
O
8
N
12
D
15
Alamy/Fiona Ayerst
Tiger Shark
47 Sightings
J
5
F
5
M
2
A
0
M
14
J
14
J
4
A
3
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
AdobeStock/G Russel Childress
Great Hammerhead Shark
40 Sightings
J
0
F
9
M
2
A
1
M
4
J
0
J
3
A
1
S
2
O
1
N
5
D
12
Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
12 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
3
S
1
O
1
N
0
D
7
AdobeStock-Magnus
Humpback Whale
9 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
2
A
0
S
2
O
0
N
5
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
5 Sightings
J
0
F
3
M
0
A
0
M
1
J
0
J
1
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
Alamy-Steve Woods Photography
Oceanic Blacktip Shark
123 Sightings
J
15
F
22
M
11
A
0
M
15
J
10
J
4
A
3
S
1
O
5
N
16
D
21
AdobeStock-Nikolai Sorokin
Blacktip Reef Shark
40 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
1
A
4
M
9
J
3
J
3
A
4
S
5
O
2
N
9
D
0
