After the stormy winds of the last few days the Atlantic was now calm again. Every day was clearly visible, as the salty wet became increasingly clear as usual and allowed the clear view down to the bottom of the harbor. After all, under our boat we had a water depth of 9 Meter. So turn back to the best conditions on "Scuba Diving" with ester and Marco of "AZUL DIVING". In Hinblick auf meinen permanent gewachsenen Waschbärenbauch sicherlich eine gute Entscheidung 🙂 Katja ist ja vor 2 Flown days after Leverkusen, to a number of upcoming appointments and work through exactly this situation I wanted to use, to move into a tougher stance on the pounds body. In order to combine the pleasant with the useful, I had booked a few days ago before a course for the next higher diving license to so-called "Advanced Open Water Diver". Meanwhile, Katja and I already completed a couple of dives. With each further digression we could the testimony of Marco "the best dive is the next dive" always agree more. With experience in the hitherto unfamiliar environment under the water surface also increased our well-being and sense of security.

Part of the course includes a dive at a depth of 30m. Previously, the limit allowed for us was 18m, which indeed is quite decent. Today it was so far as! For this event are esters and Marco had chosen a special place, the one but could only reach by boat. Promptly at 09:30 began the briefing for the dive, was planned with acetate as my "personal" Guide. Esters and Marco laid as always great value on, on the one hand to explain the area and the planned schedule in detail and to convey to the other making the necessary safety precautions and theoretical foundations. It was important to know, for example,, that the air consumption at double depth also doubled and significantly more nitrogen is accumulated in the blood, of the appearance in a so-called safety stop 3 Minutes in 5 Meters is again largely degraded. Now the time had come, wo die Themen Tauchplanung, Zero time, Safety Stop, Air consumption, Nitrogen narcosis and flow with more seriousness were applied. Which is precisely this professionalism gave us the good feeling and confidence necessary, to be with them both in very good hands. After 45 Minutes we were through with the briefing and it was time, to squeeze into the suit. My God, I'm glad, dass das Ding so elastisch ist 🙂 Schnell noch Maske, Hood, Fins, Taken flashlight and dive computer under the arms and then it was already going on. As always everything was perfectly prepared and the heavy equipment was ready for use on board.

The 250 PS des Yamaha Außenborders hatten leichtes Spiel mit dem Boot und wir kamen relativ zügig 🙂 am Zielort an. Our destination was located at the easternmost point of Madeira. Directly in front of us the rocks towered steeply from the sea. Here you could still clearly feel the fierce swell of the last days. The waves breaking on the shallows, and some outside the flow was further partially very strong. Just the idea, having to go through with our SUMMER here, caused a slight horror in my head.

Esters made a small test round and signaled us, that it was time to follow your into the water. Also on board was also Jürgen from Berlin. Jürgen had his underwater camera and appeared for several years in all parts of the world. A quick check of the systems and in "Three" we went by a backward roll into the sea, after all, was the 22 ° C hot. Slowly we emerged from. Immediately introduced himself as usual this wonderful feeling of wellbeing a. Only the bubbling of the regulator broke the silence. After a relatively short time my dive computer 31,8m indicated. The colors of many fish, Coral and stones get a blue tint, because with increasing depth, the short-wavelength red light is absorbed. One was different than usual. Because of the strong swell it went on like in an elevator and down and back and forth. It took me some energy out there to swim, where I wanted to also point. Esters and Jürgen were in it but very experienced. I constantly had to watch, I kept enough distance to both. After some time we went but still very good. Somehow I had the feeling, I pretty well had the issue with the balancing under control, for problems to keep the depth, I'd rather not.

After a good 40 Minutes showed the bottle a pressure of 50 Bar and we started as planned with the rise. Top Marco was waiting for us and took us to the weights and buoyancy compensators from. With some strong flippers and join forces entry into the boat easily managed. On the way back we were then all agree, that the area was beautiful and our team worked well.

In the afternoon, the dive number two was on the program. We again reached a depth of 30m and were treated to another great mining district on the doorstep of Madeira. I never thought, that diving would be so tiring. I felt as limp as long gone. To get me back into the boat, Marco had to help vigorously. On the return trip I was still nauseated, because I drank some salt water after surfacing. Blame yourself, if you take the regulator out of his mouth too soon and not enough air in the BCD pumps. Wieder was gelernt 🙂

In summary,, this day was extremely instructive and good for my confidence. Many thanks to Marco and esters of www.azuldiving.com, who really did a great job. That makes you want to Me(and)hr.

As already said: „the best dive is the next dive“ 🙂

„A woman can with 19 lovely, with 29 its gorgeous, but only with 39 she is absolutely irresistible. And older than 39 is not a woman, which was irresistible once!“
Coco Chanel

My second 39. Birthday, far away from Germany, actually began as any other day. Eventually the sun tickled us awake and it was time for a leisurely breakfast. Nicht der schlechteste Start in einen Tag 🙂 Dietmar düste los, to fresh for our breakfast, to get warm rolls and surprised me with a piece of birthday cake. Despite the wonderful morning he was somehow tense. The answer was my birthday gift, not as planned lay on the breakfast table, but was still somewhere with the Portuguese Post on the go. Since I had to wait a bit….but it makes you look so do not spoil the mood.

So I was excited about the many calls, Email and News, reached me on that day. Despite the great distance we are probably not yet forgotten. The ordered for this day, beautiful weather was then delivered after a few short showers eleven clock. Thus our afternoon dive, nothing stood in the way. Let's see, what would we see out there today.

Time of two clock we arrived at the dive school and had already traveled a short time later to eight to our dive spot. This time we had the difficult task gewältigen, us completely on the narrow boat with BCD, To attract fins and bottle. A Performance, bei der es im 7mm-Neoprenanzug ganz schnell sehr warm wurde 🙂 So freuten wir uns, when we finally overturned in James Bond style per roll backwards over the side into the water. The water was really wonderfully refreshing.

As discussed in the detailed briefing in the diving school, Now we split into two groups. Today we were on the road with Marco. Our dive was to a maximum of 18 Meter Tiefe gehen, deeper than we could with our diving license not yet yes. Normally, the descent is my biggest problem, but today I sank like a stone down. Good, we are not plunged yesterday on the steep wall. As it goes up to 40 Meters depth rather steep downward. Who knows, wohin ich da verschwunden wäre 🙂

Underwater the conditions were good. Out here we met underwater currents for the first time, which could however be overcome easily. We also met many interesting creatures. Schade, that we had no suitable underwater camera, at all times hold. Our waterproof Pentax was only for water depths up 12 Meters allowed. That was a bit too little.

When we reappeared on the surface at the end of the dive, the boat was waiting for us already. In still water, we freed ourselves from the heavy equipment and these ranged up. After that we had it past myself. I preferred the swim ladder (I'm more of a lazy person), while Dietmar with three powerful flippers worked up the boat wall. After a short, faster ride we reached the port and sat on the Relocate longer together, to determine the observed fish.

At half past six we had arranged to meet with the crew of INFINITY SY and SY HAPA NA SASA for dinner in Port Restaurant. Previously, we wanted to just go with Urte of the SY HAPA NA SASA with the car for shopping. The family was so arrived yesterday and had to fill up your fridge again. I was also concerned about the physical well-being of my husband: Not that Dietmar had to starve in the next week, when I was in Germany.

The way to the supermarket was only a stone's throw, but first wanted to be found. So we had only 30 Minutes shopping time, not to appear in the harbor after our guests in the restaurant. Lightning fast we filled our cart, and soon everything was stowed in the car. The exit from the car park turned out to be unexpectedly difficult but. Nowhere was seen to pay the park a machine chips and nobody you could ask far and wide. Urte took the problem in hand and appeared a short time later with the paid chip. Den Automat hatte der Betreiber im Erdgeschoss gut versteckt 🙂 Auf dem Heimweg gerieten wir statt auf die Autobahn noch auf eine idyllische Landstraße, which again gave us a scenic detour. After all Urte so could not gain an initial impression of the beauty of Madeira win. However, we were nearing our guests at the harbor. Since gliders are indeed a very relaxed little people, we could even quickly putting away groceries in the ship. Dietmar was also a sigh of relief, when he finally vorfand the long-awaited package when returning to our SUMMER. So I got (Although after the birthday dive) a great diving camera, water resistant up to 58 Meters with high-tech housing. Now to all photos, I'm on land again at least as many underwater photos to come. I'm looking forward to the first fish, are me swim before the lens.

Then finally began the relaxed part of the evening. Leider ohne die Crew der JOY OF LIFE, which is indeed departed towards Canary yesterday, we sat on this warm evening outside long and celebrated my birthday extensively.

I thank all, who thought of me and have contributed in any way to, that the day has become so beautiful, as he was. I'm really looking forward to my next 39. Geburtstag 🙂

After a long break due to bad weather dive we were happy, said as Marco on Tuesday finally, this afternoon we could dare our first dive trip from a boat. At the house-reef the water was still too agitated and turbid, but further north the conditions should be much better.

So over time we were two clock before diving school. Today we would not be traveling alone. A German family had booked a boat dive. As always everything was perfectly prepared. We needed to squeeze us only in our suits and pack up our personal things, you're able. The bottles were waiting ready prepared the boat for us.

Already the drive with the speed boat was great fun. Sailing is rather a slow and relaxed pleasure. But that Renner had significantly more horsepower than our SUMMER, more precisely 250 Horsepower. As Dietmar was of course in his element. Thanks to modern technology we take you gladly times a bit Miten . Simply click to open the videos on the links.

We drive out……

Arrived at the dive site, Marco went and esters first to test the conditions under water. From above it looked because of high waves and strong currents not look particularly inviting. Hopefully it was better under water. When they paddled back to the boat, had already read them on the faces, that they had no good news. The shaft was just too high and the view is also very bad. In order for our Plan A had failed. Good, that the pair have a plan B ready. So we sped along the coast to the north. But also to the second possible point the conditions were unfortunately not very inviting. Meanwhile the sun had again completely hidden behind the clouds and the shaft broke in part to the small but fierce, sharp rocks.

Already on water it was uncomfortable….

For experienced divers determined a dive would have been possible, but with our eight dives we were on the level “find out” doch noch sehr weit entfernt 🙂 Mir persönlich war es auch lieber so. I wanted to keep my first boat dive definitely positive memories.

So we went away empty-handed on the way back. For the onset of rain, we were geared up in any case. So our equipment was again rinsed well with fresh water on the way back.

Optimally equipped for rain

Tomorrow is another day. Und zwar ein ganz besonderer 🙂 Da hatte ich schon vor 40 Years ordered good weather. Let's see, whether it would be delivered