2018-02
25.2. 2018I am sittng in my bed and look out to a wind beaten ocean. My dogs are next to me and Beulah just brought me a cup of coffee.How cool is that ?!!!So today we have our long awaited South Westerly Wind . We really needed this to stir up the sea again.Although the […]
2018-01
31.1. 2018Watch this space. I will continue writing shortly…. 4.1. 2018And the new year started with a great bang concerning the diving on Protea Banks.It goes from best to besterer !!!!We have 30m plus visibility, a lovely 24Ëš water temp, finally summer time outside the water and so many hammerheads in the water that there […]
2017-12
31.12. 2017To everybody who read my stories over the year and everybody who participates in one way or another in our crazy life :A heartfelt Thank You !!! Thank You for going the way with us.Our life is an adventure but so is every life. It all depends on how you look at it.A trip […]
2017-11
21.11. 2017We are really busy this time of the year. Got two full boats of divers, mainly from Germany, Holland and France. Half of the divers are repeat guests which is a great honour for us and Protea Banks. I just hope, the old lady of the sea bottom realises this and produces some spectacular […]
2017-10
27.10. 2017Two divers arrived today and told me i haven’t posted anything for 2 weeks. I can’t believe how quick the time went. Shocking but true !!So we have been diving on Protea Banks again and loved it.On the Northern Pinnacle of Protea Banks we still have between 25 and 40 Raggies. On the Southern […]
2017-09
SeptemberWe are closed for holidays until 9.10.
2017-08
23.8. 2017Nothing takes longer than waiting….but now, three beers and two GnTs later we are sitting in the sky en route to Dubai.This wasn’t easy. At the time we arrived at he airport we still didn’t have our passports. Our travelagent came to the airport and brought us the passports. Wow.,this is what one can […]
2017-07
July – Sardine Run1.7. 2017 Day 7Finally we get the message we were waiting for : BAIT BALL !!!Nobody can imagine how happy this makes me to hear. It is like a huge weight was lifted off my back.Spike and his boat had several smaller Bait Balls and one larger one towards the end of […]
2017-06
30.6. 2017 Day 6 Similar activity as yesterday. This is what i can make out between several bad WhatsApp calls. The satellites are down today and communication is very difficult.Calls break up and often i don’t get the picture.At first i heard Beulah saying that they saw nothing today. I walked around with my heart […]
2017-05
30.5. 2017Thank heavens i could dive again today. Conditions were amazing. Perfect weather, no wind, slow current, clear visibility, flat sea and warm water @ 23CFirst dive was a Baited Dive. We had 2 Tigers swimming past, 21 Black Tips and 4 Zams.Afterwards we went to the Northern Pinnacle of Protea Banks. What a dive […]