Following a dramatic rescue earlier this week in Seaside Heights, New Jersey , local officials are announcing they will be strictly enforcing after-hours beach time.

Six individuals were caught in a rip current at Webster Avenue Beach about 100 yards offshore, according to the Jersey Shore Fire Response.

The beach did not have lifeguards on duty at the time of the incident.

The Seaside Heights Fire Department deployed a rescuer with a jet ski, successfully bringing the victims back to shore while a seventh person was taken to the hospital and tragically pronounced dead.

Mayor Anthony Vaz clarified to Fox News Digital that they will not be closing the beaches — but the ocean.

“Our focus is the ocean. We don’t want anybody in the ocean,” said Vaz.

The beach will continue to be closed

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