diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationImportTest.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationImportTest.java
index 253ec307cf7..f665ea8e592 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationImportTest.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationImportTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package com.sap.sailing.declination.test;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 
 import com.sap.sailing.declination.impl.ColoradoImporter;
 
+@Ignore("currently, http://magcalc.geomag.info/ seems down")
 public class ColoradoDeclinationImportTest extends DeclinationImportTest<ColoradoImporter> {
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationServiceTest.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationServiceTest.java
index ce397cc0c51..2e01269e1c3 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationServiceTest.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationServiceTest.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.sap.sailing.declination.Declination;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import com.sap.sailing.declination.impl.ColoradoImporter;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.common.impl.DegreePosition;
 import com.sap.sse.common.impl.MillisecondsTimePoint;
 
+@Ignore("currently, http://magcalc.geomag.info/ seems down")
 public class ColoradoDeclinationServiceTest extends DeclinationServiceTest<ColoradoImporter> {
     @Override
     @Before
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationStoreTest.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationStoreTest.java
index 78ac7bfb2e1..cafe5ed848a 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationStoreTest.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoDeclinationStoreTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package com.sap.sailing.declination.test;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 
 import com.sap.sailing.declination.impl.ColoradoImporter;
 
+@Ignore("currently, http://magcalc.geomag.info/ seems down")
 public class ColoradoDeclinationStoreTest extends DeclinationStoreTest<ColoradoImporter> {
     @Override
     @Before
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoSimpleDeclinationTest.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoSimpleDeclinationTest.java
index fc29c53c66a..fad84507456 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoSimpleDeclinationTest.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoSimpleDeclinationTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package com.sap.sailing.declination.test;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 
 import com.sap.sailing.declination.impl.ColoradoImporter;
 
+@Ignore("currently, http://magcalc.geomag.info/ seems down")
 public class ColoradoSimpleDeclinationTest extends SimpleDeclinationTest<ColoradoImporter> {
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
diff --git a/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoTest.java b/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoTest.java
index e832400aead..c3c05b059ca 100644
--- a/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoTest.java
+++ b/java/com.sap.sailing.declination.test/src/com/sap/sailing/declination/test/ColoradoTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import com.sap.sailing.declination.impl.ColoradoImporter;
 import com.sap.sailing.domain.common.impl.DegreePosition;
 import com.sap.sse.common.impl.MillisecondsTimePoint;
 
+@Ignore("currently, http://magcalc.geomag.info/ seems down")
 public class ColoradoTest {
     @Test
     public void simpleDocumentParsingTest() throws SAXException, IOException, ParserConfigurationException {