The National Coastal Safety Report 2023 provides an analysis of our research, evidence relating to community perceptions, delivery of core lifesaving services, detailed assessment of coastal drowning deaths and other fatal coastal incidents. The report continues to investigate dominant trends and causal factors of coastal drowning deaths and other coastal fatalities.
The National Coastal Safety Report 2023 features snapshots that explore innovative research and emergent issues, including a review of a decade of the National Coastal Safety Survey, circumstances and trends around tragic fatal bystander rescues, and building an understanding of the mental health of surf lifesavers and lifeguards.