9:30 am today

Floating the key to water safety

From Summer Times, 9:30 am today

How long could you float in water if you had to?

An Auckland University study suggests it may be a shorter length of time than you think, if at all.

For that reason, water safety group Drowning Prevention Auckland is encouraging anyone getting out on the water to practice their key survival steps: float, breathe, signal and survive.

Chief executive Nicola Keen-Biggelaar joins Anna Thomas to explain.

Piha waves, ocean, sea, rough, tide

Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi