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The Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) project was launched in mid-March, having been funded by the Danish government (masters of wind farming), and the United Nations Development Program-Global Environment Facility (UNDP-GEF). The atlas shows… Continue reading…

The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean – Susan Casey I read Susan Casey’s first book, The Devil’s Teeth, and quite liked it but intensely disliked her (read my… Continue reading…

Some Victorian melancholia on the nature of love (compared to a rose that blooms and then withers), replete with unchanging, ageless seascapes for your pleasure. Helpful words: coign – cornerstone or the external corner of… Continue reading…

Another poem from Victor Hugo (who wrote in French)… Ocean’s Song – Victor Hugo We walked amongst the ruins famed in story Of Rozel-Tower, And saw the boundless waters stretch in glory And heave in… Continue reading…

The Sea Around Us – Rachel Carson Rachel Carson was a marine biologist, conservationist and writer whose life and work should serve as an inspiration to any independently minded schoolgirl considering a career in the… Continue reading…

Last year August, Tony and I spent a blissful week in Malta, diving ourselves silly in the mornings and napping in the heat of the afternoon. In the evenings, we ate ice cream and participated… Continue reading…

This is a much discussed issue and last Saturday was a good example. I had chosen to cancel the plan I had made to take Open Water students in the sea for the first time,… Continue reading…

I’ve posted a couple of times about the Seli 1, a recent shipwreck off Blouberg that I am sure is hated by the owners of expensive homes overlooking the beach. The wreck is, however, loved… Continue reading…

I trust you are having some of these, at this time of year! Pretty Halcyon Days – Ogden Nash How pleasant to sit on the beach, On the beach, on the sand, in the sun,… Continue reading…