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Zack Edlao

Zach (Zack) Edlao, Chief of the Maui County Ocean Safety Bureau, leading lifeguard operations and drowning-prevention efforts across Maui County, Hawaii.

Oct 22, 2026

Deep Dive Into Water Safety

Deep Dive Into Water Safety

Deep Dive: An Interview Zack Lao

Oct 22 · 46m

Margaret WrightHOST
13:09
What are visitors not understanding about, particularly, specifically, Maui oceans before they ever entered the water?
Zack EdlaoGUEST
13:17
They don't understand rip currents.
Zack EdlaoGUEST
13:19
They don't understand how dangerous waves can be.
Zack EdlaoGUEST
13:21
They don't, that's the kind of beauty that they don't understand.
Zack EdlaoGUEST
13:24
A lot of people underestimate all these conditions, but they don't understand that the winds, when they pick up, you know, create a surface current.
Zack EdlaoGUEST
13:32
So there's a lot that they don't see.
Zack EdlaoGUEST
13:34
That's why education is so important and understanding the ocean condition, because the conditions here of Drone Hawaii can change.

18 MINS LATER

Margaret WrightHOST
31:48
Yes.

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