Lifestyle
Can ocean swimmers and surf craft users share the waves?
On our busiest beaches there is a fight for waves between ocean swimmers and surf craft, can they co-exist safely?
Andre Slade
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Water Safety
Education
Bottom’s up: How to choose where to swim at the beach
Learn why different sections of water on the same beach can look so different and how to use this to your advantage.
Andre Slade
Education
A guide to family beach safety
Beach days can be a daunting experience for parents but with our handy family beach safety guide and equipment checklist you’ll feel that much better.
Andre Slade
Education
How to assist a swimmer in difficulty
People can get into trouble at any time in the water and if you’re nearby you might be called on to assist a swimmer in difficulty.
Andre Slade
Tips
5 tips to keep you safe at the beach this summer
If you only use the ocean to cool off after tanning, or while watching your kids have all the fun, here are five of my favourite beach safety tips to stay safe.
Andre Slade
Education
How sandbanks are like swimming between the flags
How can you stay safe at the beach, if you know to swim between the flags, but you choose not to?
Andre Slade
Lifestyle
OceanFit teaches Nepalese students how to stay safe in the water
Following a tragic run of drownings this summer, a Sydney international business school visited Bondi for an ocean awareness session to help them enjoy Australia’s favourite playground safely.
OceanFit
Education
Myth of the collapsing sand bar
The media like to report of a ‘collapsing sand bar’ that cause people to be ‘dragged out to sea’ in rips but the idea that a sandbar can collapse is a myth.
Rob Brander
Education
This ‘golden rule’ will keep you beach safe this summer
Surf safety messages can get so complicated. There are so many rules, but what if I said you only need to know one ‘rule’ when you go to the beach?
Andre Slade
Education
Ocean swimming safety
The ocean is a hazardous environment at any time and ocean swimmers must always respect it. Learn how to stay safe while ocean swimming.
OceanFit
Learn how to survive rip currents
Rip currents are our beaches hidden danger and they are responsible for the majority of beach drownings. Learn how to spot, avoid and survive a rip current.
Andre Slade
Education
The OceanFit Ocean Responsibility Code
The beach is Australia’s favourite playground. Keep to the Ocean Responsibility Code to have fun and stay safe at the beach this summer.
OceanFit
Developing a water safety strategy for Saudi Arabia
Learn about how Andre Slade assisted the Saudi Arabian Swimming Federation develop a water safety strategic plan across all aquatic environments.
Andre Slade
Do fluro vests spell the end of bare chested ocean swimming?
New hi-vis fluro vests are set to become the norm in ocean swimming events and for ocean swimmers this policy will effectively mean the end to participating in an ocean swim event ‘bare-chested’ or just in cozzies.
Andre Slade
Where to swim when not between the flags
Learn how to choose a place to swim when you don’t want to swim between the flags on a patrolled beach or when you’re on a beach without flags.
Andre Slade
5 tips to avoid drowning at the beach
The beach can be an dangerous and unforgiving place and all beach-goers should know these five basic beach safety tips to avoid drowning at the beach.
Andre Slade
Big wave charger or beginner? Read this it could save your life
Learning to relax and not to panic is a very important skill and may help you save your life in all types of surf conditions.
Dean Gladstone
Rip currents: Friend or foe?
Rip currents are the biggest hazard you’ll face at any surf beach and 30-40 people drown in rips annually in Australia making them worth knowing more about.
Rob Brander
