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Dr. Rip’s Essential Beach Book provides an appealing overview of waves and beaches with a folksy tone and scientific perspective. The author covers everything the public needs to know about beach safety, with a focus on understanding, identifying, and escaping rip currents. -- Stephen P. Leatherman (“Dr. Beach”), professor in the Department of Earth & Environment, Florida International University The beach is a fun but dangerous place. Everyone who loves the surf should read this fantastic book. -- Mick Fanning, three-time surfing world champion Dr. Rip is well respected by Bondi lifeguards. His knowledge of how beaches work has helped save many lives. -- Bruce Hopkins, chief lifeguard at Bondi, Bronte, and Tamarama beaches and star of <i>Bondi Rescue</i> So good, it should be compulsory reading at school, and in planes flying to Australia. -- Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki, science communicator

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Rob Brander is a coastal scientist and professor at the University of New South Wales Sydney who specializes in rip currents and beach safety. He has been giving talks on the “Science of the Surf” to the community and thousands of schoolchildren since 2001 and gained the nickname “Dr. Rip” for his habit of jumping into rip currents and releasing harmless purple dye. He is a past recipient of an Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Australian Science Research and was appointed Member of the Order of Australia in 2023 for his service to coastal science and the Australian community through beach safety research and education.

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