2015

Mare TV Lofoten This German documentary shows different people living and working in Lofoten, among them whale researcher Heike Vester from Ocean Sounds.While the documentary shows the beautiful nature of Lofoten and covers many sides in detail, there are a few mistakes which need to be highlighted: 1) Heike Vester does not work alone, she […]

Dear members and friends of OceanSounds,   In 5 days Heike will present the projects of Ocean Sounds: On November 22 in the Gemeindehaus in Rohrbronn (25km from Stuttgart) at 5:30 pm she will give a talk in German about the research work of OceanSounds: Whales in Raja Ampat (Indonesia) as well as a short

We are happy to announce that Stromsholmen diving and USEA are helping us with the winter Orca field work!They are out to look for whales in the Tromsø – Senja region and they will collect data for us, and their guests can learn more about the whales and the work of Ocean Sounds through our

New film on Orcas by Thierry Simon featuring Pierre De Latour / Orques sans frontiers, Paul Watson / Sea Shepherd and Heike Vester / Ocean Sounds screened in Paris, France on the 2nd of October, please go there if you are around:https://www.facebook.com/events/108387509506497/

We have launched our new website with a new look and content – explore the new pictures and information. What is new? First of all it represents our now in Germany based environmental charity with our 3 main research projects in Lofoten, Patagonia and Raja Ampat. In addition you will find a species guide with

Boat is back in the water!We had 2 weeks of beautiful summer weather, but the engine was broken and we could not go out at sea to search for whales. Finally the engine is running again (not totally fixed) and we are out again, but the weather turned bad and cold and we have not

In May this year we received photos from a pod of Orcas that was seen in southern Norway, in the Skagerrak region. First I looked at our Photo-ID catalog of nearly 700 individuals from northern Norway, but we could not find a match. Then I asked people from the Icelandic Orca project if they know

This isn’t a summer break, the sun is shining and it is perfect to spot whales, just today we heard that a group of Orcas was in the Reinefjord!But we are forced to stay on land because the boat keeps having problems and we just have to send it to the mechanic over and over

For over a week we have encountered many long-finned pilot whales feeding and socializing in the Vestfjord. So far we could already identify 4 pods that are known to us since 2009, they come almost every summer into the fjord and meet other pods. It seems that summer time is meeting for pilot whales in

2015-06-17 Yes the weather was nice and we could go out at sea again for 14 hours! First we got 2 messages from Reine that a group of Orcas was spotted there and it took us a couple of hours to find them but what a surprise, new groups! but well known to us, one