Ocean Safety Education:
Most authorities will agree that not enough is being done to educate the public on ocean safety education. The alarming number of ocean deaths and risk of catastrophic accidents might be mitigated by increasing the availability of ocean safety education.
Accident Avoidance:
Instructors and lessons help people learn how to avoid accidents: students are not only safer while under the supervision of the instructor, but they are also learning how to be safer after the lesson, perhaps when they are practicing on their own.