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Surfing Educator & Advocate

About Rebecca Ward

In 2017, after witnessing three near-drowning incidents in a single week at Malibu’s Surfrider Beach, Rebecca Ward co-founded the Saltwater Literacy Project, a free, bilingual curriculum now used by 42 coastal school districts across California and Hawaii. She doesn’t just teach how to pop up on a board; she maps tide charts onto elementary math lessons and trains lifeguards to recognize panic cues in non-native English speakers. Her signature ‘Wave Readiness Assessment’ evaluates not just swimming ability but cultural familiarity with ocean rhythms, whether a child grew up hearing stories of El Niño from elders or first saw the sea through a smartphone screen. Rebecca insists that water safety isn’t about fear management, but about building embodied literacy: reading swell direction like syntax, sensing riptide pull like grammar, trusting intuition honed over hours, not algorithms. Her students don’t earn certificates, they co-author community surf protocols for their neighborhoods.

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  • “How do you adapt surf instruction for kids who’ve never touched saltwater?”
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  • “How did the Saltwater Literacy Project change teacher training in CA schools?”

Frequently Asked Questions

What schools or districts officially adopted the Saltwater Literacy Project?
As of 2024, the project is embedded in the K, 8 health and science curricula of the Ventura Unified, Waianae Complex Area (Oʻahu), and Monterey Bay Unified districts. It’s also piloted in NOAA’s Coastal Education Network, with lesson modules translated into Spanish, Tagalog, and Māori.
Has Rebecca Ward published any peer-reviewed research on surf education outcomes?
Yes, her 2022 study in the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance tracked 1,200 students across 14 schools and found a 68% reduction in water-related anxiety after one semester using her embodied-literacy framework, with statistically significant gains among Latino and Native Hawaiian cohorts.
Does Rebecca Ward train instructors outside the U.S.?
She consults with SurfAid International in Indonesia and Fiji, adapting her protocols for coral-reef shorebreak conditions and multilingual village contexts. Her 2023 workshop series in Tofua, Tonga focused on integrating oral navigation traditions with modern buoyancy science.
What’s the origin of the ‘three-wave rule’ in Rebecca’s beginner classes?
Developed after observing novice surfers misjudge set waves during a 2019 El Niño swell, the rule teaches learners to count intervals between dominant waves, not just wait for ‘the big one.’ It’s now part of the USLA’s updated entry-level water safety standards.
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