However, despite a campaign launched in 2016 by the Australian Water Safety Council, the number of deaths has risen year-on-year since 2015, with 291 fatalities recorded last year. "We're mountain people -- we don't know the ocean," said 18-year-old Kyishi, who himself learned to swim with Water Skills for Life five years ago. "We've made great strides -- none of this existed 10 years ago," said Joanne Massey, community education manager at Surf Life Saving NSW. Australia has launched a multi-lingual surf safety campaignA water safety program run by Surf Life Saving NSW. While some airlines such as Virgin already broadcast in-flight surf safety messages, Brander believes that the responsibility should fall to the government to make such viewing compulsory on all inbound flights.

Source: CNN March 25, 2018 00:00 UTC