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Deep Dive Into Water Safety

Kauaʻi Community Radio - KKCR
Hawaii
Drowning Prevention
Water Safety
Drowning
Rip Currents
Water Safety Education
Nā Kama Kai
Kauai
Full Face Snorkeling Masks
World's Toughest Row
Water Safety Plan
Box Jellyfish
Free Dive Safe Hawaii
Lifeguard Project
Flood Management
Kauai Lifeguard Association
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Sandhoppers
Lifesaving
Float To Survive

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 cr... more

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Beyond Swim Lessons: Building Lifelong Water Safety

What does it really mean for a child to be safe around water?

Chris Harkness, President of SafeSplash Swim School, talks about why learning to swim is only part of the answer. He... more

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Beyond the Plan: Turning Water Safety Into Action

Drowning prevention does not begin with a swimming pool. It begins with knowledge, local leadership, and the willingness to use the resources a community already has.

Nathalie Mart... more

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August 16, 2026

Before the Rescue: Can Hawaiʻi Become the World’s Model for Water Safety?

Chief Kurt Lager on the Future of Ocean Safety in Hawaiʻi

What if the future of ocean safety begins before anyone needs rescuing?

Honolu... more

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What Nine Championships Teach You About the Ocean: Kanesa Duncan Seraphin

Nine-time Molokaʻi to Oʻahu prone paddleboard world champion Kanesa Duncan Seraphin has spent a lifetime learning from the ocean. A Hawaiʻi Waterman Hall of F... more

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July 30, 2026: Alissa Magrum paddles with Kalani Vierra for Paddle for Life

The conversation focuses on drowning prevention through awareness, collaboration, and data-driven solutions. Alissa Magrum (NDPA) discusses her participatio... more

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Building Water Competence: What Hawaiʻi Can Learn from England

Every child deserves the knowledge and confidence to make safe decisions around water. But what is the best way to teach it?

This episode explores England's nationally... more

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**What's Your Kuleana?The Question Hawaiʻi Asks the World

What does kuleana really mean?

In this thought provoking conversation, award winning journalist Sara Kehaulani Goo, President of Creator Content at The Washington Post and ... more

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Beyond the Rescue: What One Rip Current Incident Teaches Us About Saving Lives

This episode features Sam Proffitt, Ocean Rescue Director for Wrightsville Beach, firefighter, paramedic, veteran lifeguard, researcher, and member of th... more

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Chris Harkness
President of SafeSplash Swim School
SafeSplash Swim School
Episode: Deep Dive: An Interview with Chris Harkness
Nathalie Martin
Lifeguarding and drowning prevention expert; founder of Swim Global Project
Swim Global Project
Episode: Deep Dive: An Interview with Nathalie Martin
Kurt Lager
Chief of Ocean Safety, City and County of Honolulu
Honolulu Ocean Safety
Episode: Deep Dive: An Interview with Kurt Lager
Kanesa Duncan Seraphin
Marine scientist, educator, television host; eight-time Molokaʻi to Oʻahu Paddleboard World Champion; Associate Director for Education with UH Sea Grant
University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program; Voice of the Sea
Episode: Deep Dive: An Interview with Kanesa Duncan Seraphin
Alissa Magrum
Executive Director of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance
National Drowning Prevention Alliance
Episode: Deep Dive: An Interview with Alissa Magrum and Norm Reitter
Norm Reitter
Founder/lead of Blue Planet DI, a geospatial data platform for asset management
Blue Planet DI
Episode: Deep Dive: An Interview with Alissa Magrum and Norm Reitter
Sam Johnson
Water Safety Education Development Manager at RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution)
RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution)
Episode: Deep Dive: An Interview with Sam Johnson
Sara Kehaulani Goo
Award-winning journalist and author of Kuleana, A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawaii
Author/Journalist
Episode: Deep Dive: An Interview with Sara Kehaulani Goo
Sam Proffitt
Ocean Rescue Director for Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina; firefighter, paramedic, veteran ocean rescue lifeguard; member of the International Drowning Research Alliance
Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue / IDRA
Episode: Deep Dive: An Interview with Sam Proffitt

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Margaret Wright
Host of Deep Dive Into Water Safety, focused on ocean safety education and community outreach in Hawaii; long-time water person and lifeguard/association board member

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Deep Dive: An Interview with Nathalie Martin
Q: What lessons from Florida could Hawaii apply to improve drowning prevention and policy?
Strengthen data governance, build coalitions with state and county health departments, maintain actionable task forces, and integrate education, policy, and community programs with measurable outcomes.
Deep Dive: An Interview with Nathalie Martin
Q: What does it mean to be a 'bridge builder' in this work, and who are you trying to connect?
Connecting swim schools, public health, researchers, and community operators to share best practices and collaborate on locally led activations that are informed by global research.
Deep Dive: An Interview with Nathalie Martin
Q: What gap in the global drowning prevention space led you to create the Swim Global Project?
A missing link between advocates, practitioners, and researchers; a need for a network that translates research into practical, scalable, community-driven actions.
Deep Dive: An Interview with Chris Harkness
Q: What role do schools and communities play in extending water safety beyond the pool?
Schools and communities are essential for broad access to water-safety education. Partnerships with schools, parent events, and non-profit collaborations help distribute safety knowledge, reinforce supervision norms, and create pathways from infancy to adolescence that extend from the pool to open water and ocean environments.
Deep Dive: An Interview with Chris Harkness
Q: Tell us how SafeSplash defines the path from comfort in the water to true safety competency.
SafeSplash maps a progression: start with comfort and breath control, move to safe entry and basic movements, then build lasting competency through repetition and testing, culminating in higher performance and potential competitive swimming. They emphasize testing skills at intervals and using clear targets to avoid open-ended subscriptions.

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The show centers on practical, evidence-informed approaches to drowning prevention, water safety education, and culturally grounded messaging in coastal communities. Episodes feature researchers, public-health leaders, lifeguards, educators, and Indigenous and community voices who share frameworks for teaching water safety, improving open-water protocols, and coordinating multi-agency efforts. Across conversations, themes include data-driven safety, youth and family engagement, the role of storytelling and culture in risk communication, and real-world programs that scale prevention—from classroom and school-based initiatives to national and international collaborations. A notable strength is bringing global expertise to Hawaii's context, hi... more

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Recent guests on Deep Dive Into Water Safety include:

1. Chris Harkness
2. Nathalie Martin
3. Kurt Lager
4. Kanesa Duncan Seraphin
5. Alissa Magrum
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7. Sam Johnson
8. Sara Kehaulani Goo

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