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Deep Dive Into Water Safety

Deep Dive Into Water Safety

Written by: Kauaʻi Community Radio - KKCR
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 Deep Dive Into Water Safety is a podcast dedicated to to one powerful truth: Drowning is preventable. Hosted by Kauaʻi waterperson Margaret Wright, the show features conversations with experts and community leaders from around the world who are working to save lives in and around the water. Together, we explore practical strategies to prevent drownings, educate swimmers, keiki, and parents, and create clear, culturally grounded messaging that makes a difference. Deep Dive is guided by Hawaiʻiʻs first statewide Water Safety Plan, a plan built on the realities that Hawaiʻi has the second highest drowning rate in the United States and that we can do better. Deep Dive Into Water Safety is produced on Kauaʻi by Kauaʻi Community Radio - KKCR, Kauaʻiʻs independent, non-commercial, listener-supported community radio station. kkcr.org.Copyright 2026 Biological Sciences Economics Management Management & Leadership Science Water Sports
Episodes
  • Deep Dive: An Interview with Jamie MacMahan

    Deep Dive: An Interview with Jamie MacMahan
    Feb 20 2026
    Episode Notes

    2.14.26: Jamie McMahan, a leading researcher whose work focuses on how people experience and survive rip currents in real-world ocean conditions.

    Jamie is a professor of oceanography at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. His research has helped reshape how scientists, lifeguards, and safety professionals understand rip currents not just as physical ocean processes, but as human survival events.

    With coastal drowning remaining a critical issue worldwide and here in Hawaiʻi this conversation is especially timely.

    We explore what research tells us about how rip currents actually work, why traditional safety messaging sometimes fails in real conditions, and how new, evidence-based approaches can better help both locals and visitors respond effectively when they find themselves caught in a rip current.

    Rip-current science is solid. The challenge is human behavior and communication.Effective prevention depends on clear, location-specific messaging, early education, visual demonstration, and close collaboration between scientists and lifeguards.

    He has volunteered to meet with guards online to discuss all the technical questions they may have about rip currents.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Deep Dive: An Interview with Ian Couch

    Deep Dive: An Interview with Ian Couch
    Feb 11 2026
    Episode Notes

    July 18, 2025 Extra Interview: Margaret talks in studio with Ian Couch, the water safety expert for Worldʻs Toughest Row. The Toughest Row folks were on Kauaʻi receiving teams of rowers who traveled from Monterey, CA to Hanalei Bay. Ian talks about making safety a culture and how athletes take on this grueling and amazing trip.

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    42 mins
  • Deep Dive: An Interview with John Kalei Clarke

    Deep Dive: An Interview with John Kalei Clarke
    Feb 7 2026
    Episode Notes

    September 16, 2025 John Kaleimakaliʻi Thornton Clarke, who happens to be the grand nephew of Duke Kahanamoku, is an accomplished waterman in his own right and a researcher with the Hawaii Department of Health. He epically swam around Maui to bring awareness to the fact that native Hawaiians are drowning at a higher rate than other population groups.

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    52 mins
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