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African Odyssea was founded by
Trevor Krull who has been leading dives on Protea Banks for 12
years, which means when diving with us you have a wealth of
experience and local knowledge behind you. This is invaluable on
an advanced dive site such as Protea Banks. Additionally with 25
year’s operational surf launching experience (ex. Sharks Board
- 6 years) and a 100% safety
record you can rest assured you are in good hands. |
Where:
We meet at the African Odyssea
Dive Centre so you can kit up in comfort. Travellers outside
Africa may check on various connecting and direct London, Paris
or Rome flights to South Africa. 704 Bugle Road Shelly Beach KZN South Africa.
Directions... |
When:
During Summer ( Oct - May) we
launch at 7am, so please arrive at 6am to give you time to kit
up and go through the dive briefing. During Winter (Jun - Sep)
we launch at 8am so please arrive for 7am. |
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Protea Banks
History
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1990.
Trevor and friend spearfished on Protea Banks. |
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1993 - First divers " braved"
the waters of Protea Banks.
Trevor Krull and Mike Fraser began diving on
Protea Banks in 1993
and were referred to by the fisherman as being suicidal due the
large number of resident sharks on the reef.
According to Trevor and Mike
is was not uncommon to see at least 20 Zambezi's upon descent to
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1994 -
Trevor opened African Dive Adventures.
This was the first
dive operation in the area and had small dedicated group of
clientele. Most of the diving population were not very
convinced of the safety aspects of diving with large numbers of
sharks. On those first few pioneering dives each diver carried a
stick of his choice, whether it be a pool queue or the like,
just to give the very inquisitive Zambezi's a little prod if
they came too close. |
1994 - 2000
African Dive Adventures grew from strength to strength.
Slowly but surely
divers and the world began to conquer the JAWS syndrome and
diving with sharks became a privilege and a wonderful experience
to enjoy. |
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2000 - Trevor sold African Dive Adventures.
After running this
successful business with a 100% safety record for 6 years Trevor
sold and moved to Mozambique to explore new business
opportunities.
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Trevor had a 3 year restraint of
trade on Protea Banks during which time he ran a successful
operation at Barra Lodge & Tofo in Mozambique.
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Dec 2002 - African Odyssea sets up a Dive Centre at
Shelly Beach.
African Odyssea
began operating under the supervision of Trevor Krull and still
maintains the only 100% safety record on Protea Banks.
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2004 - Protea
is internationally recognized.
Protea Banks
has since become recognized as one of the world,s premier shark
dives. It is not uncommon to see up to four different shark
species on a dive. Sadly we do not experience the thrill of
descending on 20 Zambezi's anymore. The shark populations have
been decimated by foreign trawlers and local sport fishing
charters. Nonetheless it is still an amazing dive site that will
alter your outlook on sharks forever!
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2006: Trevor has started another first on Protea Banks.
A low frequency device emits a sound wave underwater that is very similar to a distressed, struggling fish. Sharks like Zambezies and Blacktips are attracted to these soundwaves as their main diet is fish. It has varied results, it all depends on whether there are gamefish in the area, water temperature and if the sharks are hungry. There is no danger as the sharks are only attracted to the device and it is incredible to witness how accurately the sharks can pin point the source of the signal.
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