Original Air date: July 2, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM Eastern
Length: 41 Minutes

 

Live from Ocean City, New Jersey!
Attention parents, teachers, kids, and ocean lovers of all ages! Are the Beach or Bay part of your summer plans? If they are, you will want to watch the archive of our Ocean Today LIVE event that took place on July 2 @ 2pm EDT with Ocean Today host Symone Barkley and ocean safety expert Bruckner Chase. Watch cool videos, visit the beach live, and learn everything you need to know to make your next trip to the shore your best and safest.

Click the following topic links to watch the specific sections in the watch party:

Staying safe by the bay (7:10)

What to pack in your beach bag (9:50)

Surveying the scene (14:23)

How to safely enter/exit the water (16:17)

Rip currents and the power of waves (18:25)

Staying wave safe in California (21:05)

Staying wave safe in the Pacific Northwest (24:37)

Think like a lifeguard (28:18)

Hazardous animals (32:13)

"Take Ten" when you see someone in trouble (34:07) - You are watching now.

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Host: Symone Barkley

Symone serves as the National Ocean Service (NOS) Exhibits Manager and Education Specialist. She works to increase public awareness of products and services NOS provides through outreach at conferences, workshops, festivals, and other events. Symone hosts the Planet NOAA Podcast and Ocean Today, Every Full Moon, a collection of videos showcasing the beauty and mystery of the ocean realm while exploring various ocean topics. Through her support of NOS and NOAA education, Symone is committed to mentoring students, training educators, and creating authentic and effective systems to recruit and retain traditionally excluded groups in ocean science.

Co-Host: Bruckner Chase

Bruckner Chase is an internationally recognized ocean advocate and professional waterman whose athletic career spans the world in the most challenging adventures and events on water and land in some of the harshest conditions imaginable. Bruckner is the host of the Ocean Today Wave Safe series and has developed “evidence based” strategies for staying safe in the ocean, bay or beach.

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