WAILUKU » An ocean safety brochure in every hotel, condominium, classroom and beach rental shack has long been a dream for many Maui County officials, and that vision might finally come true.

County fire, police and parks officials have teamed up with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Coast Guard to publish an official ocean safety guide, the Maui News reported.

The pamphlet provides a map of beaches and offers tips on ocean safety. These include being wary of strong shorebreaks and rip currents.

"This is the first time we have all collaborated and made a brochure like this," Ocean Safety Supervisor Cary Kayama said Thursday.

The brochure follows an ocean safety video released in February. The actions are part of an effort to lower Maui’s ocean-related death toll, which topped 21 last year (though that figure might include both drownings and deaths from other causes, such as heart attacks or strokes). The state Department of Health reported 16 drownings in Maui County in 2013 and 13 in 2012.

"We’re hoping that the hotels will put brochures in every single hotel room and have it readily available," Kayama said.

Information about sharks also is part of the brochure. Shark bites off Maui have spiked in recent years. Statewide last year there were 14 confirmed shark incidents, and eight of those, including two fatalities, were off Maui.

So far this year two shark attacks have been confirmed off Maui, and one off Hawaii island.