Beaches in Seaside Heights typically open at 9 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. when lifeguards leave for the day, Vaz said. Patrolmen from the Seaside Heights Police Department will now help close beaches when lifeguards leave and issue summonses to people who remain on the beach.

The medical examiner’s office will determine the cause of the death, which does not appear to be suspicious, police said. Meanwhile, down the Jersey Shore, a swimmer died after he and six others got caught in a rip current off an unguarded beach in Seaside Heights, where rough water kept swimmers out of the ocean all day.