“Excellent presentation. Every person who visits the beach should have ready access to this information and learn more about the topic” – Steven Dalla Costa, Sustainability Education Officer for North Sydney Council

“Very informative and will be very helpful when having visitors over on holiday” – Waverley resident

“SOS recommended for all coastal high schools” – Mosman resident

“I thought the course was extremely helpful and should be compulsory for all kids on the Northern Beaches to attend” – Seaforth resident

“I feel more confident about the surf now!” – Manly resident

“Handouts would be excellent – they need to be developed and distributed widely”

“Excellent. You should be teaching through schools and areas where they don’t have beaches”

“Need a pamphlet to take home and distribute”

“Very informative and very necessary”

“This must get out to schools”

“Fantastic. Something every Australian should see”

“Excellent. Should be compulsory for school learning and practice”

“Incredibly informative. Needs to be repeated in Schools as soon as possible”

“Fabulous and very worthwhile”

“Very worthwhile. A video of the presentation would be excellent”

“Everyone should do this course”

“Fantastic. Should be compulsory for anyone living on the coast”

“Fantastic! Do it again please!”

“Excellent – have you considered taking this to other centres around the country?”

“Most interesting – especially for a new swimmer from the UK! I’ll be careful”

“Learnt so much. Really worthwhile”

“Great presentation – my 7 year old enjoyed it too, especially which way to swim in a rip” – Newport resident

“This would be excellent in schools or plane arrivals” – Seaforth resident

“Very informative, should be taught in schools, SLSC, and swim clubs” – Bondi Beach resident

“Would be of interest for visitors at information centres” – Bondi Beach resident

“I  brought 3 inexperienced 19 year olds from Canada to Manly Beach and they dove right in where there were no flags.  It would be great for incoming airlines to have a presentation on their flights for cases such as this”  - Dee Why resident

“This presentation would be really good if it was made available to all local surf clubs and their nippers”  - Dee Why resident