Seb Pitman
How to spot a rip
27 Jan 2021
Every year in New Zealand there are about 700 rescues related to rip currents and about five people die in these incidents every year. So what is a rip and how do you identify one? We ask the… Audio
'Drifters' getting caught in rips for safer swimming
5 Feb 2019
University of Canterbury Coastal Geomorphologist Dr Seb Pitman is developing a way of mapping rip tides on Muriwai beach. He explains to Kathryn Ryan how GPS "drifters" could predict rips and make sea… Video, Audio