Bonus Episode: Dr Rip - Professor Rob Brander on rips and staying safe at the beach and in the water. episode artwork

EPISODE · Dec 25, 2025 · 21 MIN

Bonus Episode: Dr Rip - Professor Rob Brander on rips and staying safe at the beach and in the water.

from The Blue Room · host sabra.lane

Rob Brander is Dr Rip - he's a coastal scientist at the University of NSW in Sydney. He's been educating beachgoers and kids about the surf for more than 25 years. He's written "Dr Rip's Essential Beach Book" sharing his knowledge about beaches, sand, surf and rips. He is Australia's best known beach scientist, he has an AM for it - and the Blue Room's Sabra Lane talks with him about safety, his favourite beach and what he would if he was PM for a day, to improve beach safety.More information:"Dr Rip's Beach Book" - New South is the publisher.Dr Rip's website "Science of the Surf": https://www.scienceofthesurf.com

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