Services

australia + internationally


 

Surf Skills & Education REFERRALS:

Referrals to practical and theory surf safety/awareness & surfing programs for schools, families, individuals, tour & corporate groups and ocean swimmers. Programs that focus on the following skills and tuition, applied to all ages & abilities. These partners can offer:
• Surf education power point lesson (identifying & managing dangers i.e. rip currents, hazards etc)
• Surf education & practical surf skills program at the beach
• Surf survival award programs
• Sport programs
• Surfing schools


Lifeguard & Aquatic Auditing/Service Reviews:

Providing councils, contractors & resorts with:
• Reviews of current lifeguard services focused on the efficient utilization of manpower and resources. Operational & financial efficiencies.
• Design, development and implementation of a lifeguard service for areas of coastline/resorts that do not have lifeguard coverage.
• Signage audits of beach and foreshore signage at guarded (patrolled) and unguarded (unpatrolled) locations.


Supplier of Lifeguard Towers:

Providing councils, contractors & resorts with:
• Fibreglass portable towers imported from USA. Used by professional lifeguards in California and Hawaii and now being utilized at Bondi and Bronte beaches in Australia.


Water Safety Expert Witness Capacity:

Both plaintiff and defense expert witness testimony.


Lifeguard Training Packages:

Professional ocean lifeguard training and development
• Surf coach and school teacher training
• Community, sporting groups training tailored to their needs.


Surf Science and Research:

Studying the science of the beach environment (surf, sand and foreshore). Pioneering a scientific, evidence based understanding of rip current, water flow behavior through innovative and at times dangerous ocean measurements. SEI promotes the results of this scientific research to a wider general audience through structured, relevant & practical surf education programs.

We have the great support of:
Mike Tipton MBE,
FTPS Professor of Human & Applied Physiology
Extreme Environments Laboratory School of Sport, Health & Exercise Science
University of Portsmouth

To read more please click on the below links
https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/search.html
Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mike_Tipton
Co-founder: International Drowning Researchers' Alliance (IDRA)
Trustee: The Physiological Society
RNLI: Council
Twitter: @ProfMikeTipton