The last day at sea began very quietly – hardly any contact with animals. In early afternoon then small swarms of fish (probably mackerel) and loud bird calls in the vicinity. It did not take long for the first dolphins to swim...

After the eventful day yesterday, today it continued with schools of Atlantic spotted dolphins and bottlenose dolphins. The animals were in a very playful mood. I had a nice experience when my snorkel fell into the water and a...

In the last weeks there have seldom been sperm whales to be seen before Pico, but this morning the Vigía da Queimada sighted some. It did not take long before we saw our first sperm whale. It was a mother whale with her child. I...

The last two days were very sunny, which meant that some photos from just under the surface of the water were slightly overexposed. I try not to photograph against the sun when diving, but the occasional dolphin ignores this and...

Today was my first day on the water, and it was very successful. I had very good encounters with Risso’s dolphins, and with Atlantic spotted dolphins . It was very good to work with the animals underwater.

The schools of spotted...

The last two days were very stormy and rainy, so we could not go out on the sea. Instead I visited tourist sights on Pico.

The Museum of Malcolm and Dorothy Clarke is lovingly arranged, and describes the lives of the sperm...

Today I am leaving for Pico Island on the Azoren, via Lisbon. The Azores lie in the Atlantic Ocean and belong to Portugal. The island gets its name from the volcano "Pico".

My gallery – Pico Volcano

I try to travel to Pico...

The newspaper ”Die Welt“ reports on the 28.07.06 an interesting article about sightings of ocean sunfish on the English coast in the summer of 2006. One possible reason is the extremely warm summer this year, which has caused the...

The Welt am Sonntag has today reported on my home region in Saxony. I grew up near Leipzig, Borna and Kitzscher. The region has become world famous for its brown coal open cast mining and exploitation of nature. The sulphur in...

I have missed the Sardine Run 2006, as I missed the Sardine Run 2004. I am leaving Port St. Johns today for Durban, and am flying back to Germany via Johannesburg. I don’t know yet if I will try again.