Protea Banks

★★★★☆ (386)

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

Top Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

iStock/HakBak1979

Bull Shark
129 Sightings
J
16
F
19
M
0
A
2
M
13
J
15
J
5
A
4
S
5
O
5
N
20
D
25
Alamy-Christian Zappel

Scalloped Hammerhead
63 Sightings
J
0
F
3
M
0
A
0
M
1
J
8
J
1
A
3
S
0
O
0
N
23
D
24
iStock/Dimitrios Stefanidis

Sand Tiger Shark
60 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
1
A
0
M
3
J
14
J
5
A
2
S
0
O
8
N
12
D
15
AdobeStock/G Russel Childress

Great Hammerhead Shark
35 Sightings
J
0
F
9
M
0
A
0
M
4
J
0
J
1
A
1
S
2
O
1
N
5
D
12
Alamy/Fiona Ayerst

Tiger Shark
28 Sightings
J
0
F
5
M
1
A
0
M
3
J
14
J
2
A
3
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0
Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection

Oceanic Whitetip Shark
9 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
0
S
1
O
1
N
0
D
7
AdobeStock-Magnus

Humpback Whale
8 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
1
A
0
S
2
O
0
N
5
D
0
Alamy-Steve Woods Photography

Oceanic Blacktip Shark
95 Sightings
J
12
F
22
M
0
A
0
M
10
J
4
J
1
A
3
S
1
O
5
N
16
D
21
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker

Grouper/Basslets
29 Sightings
J
4
F
0
M
3
A
0
M
0
J
5
J
0
A
0
S
1
O
2
N
0
D
14
AdobeStock-Nikolai Sorokin

Blacktip Reef Shark
26 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
2
M
1
J
3
J
0
A
4
S
5
O
2
N
9
D
0