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.

I am slowly losing hope that a proper Sardine Run will actually take place. A well-known film crew from France - Galaée Films - have also givern up, and are leaving Port St. Johns. We have had one or two small "bait balls", but...

We had hardly any action in the water in the last few days, so have spent some time photographing Port St. Johns and surroundings. Port St Johns on the Wild Coast is a piece of authentic Africa at the mouth of the Umzimvubu River...

The first two days have been quite successful on the water. I was able to take several pictures of jumping humpback whales. There are many theories as to why whales jump. I hear ideas like: showing off, getting parasites off the...