A deadly weekend at the Jersey Shore has some officials considering ways to protect beachgoers during the offseason.

The calendar says that it is fall, but temperatures this weekend reached the low-90s and prompted many New Jersey residents to flock to the beach. But conditions from Hurricane Maria made the Atlantic Ocean very rough and very dangerous.

Despite warnings to refrain from swimming this weekend, lifeguards rescued more than 100 people from the ocean – three people did not survive.

Members of Manasquan Fire and Rescue patrolled the waters on a boat this weekend, looking for swimmers in distress.

“Our concern is during the week. Less people on the beach, less eyes on people struggling,” says firefighter Tom Schofield. “Could be more problems than the weekend.”

The amount of rescues has some first responders concerned.

“I think the towns could do better,” says Sea Girt OEM coordinator Timothy Harmon. “It’s not fair to say they let them down, but I think we all can do better.”

Harmon says that towns must plan ahead for these types of situations.

“We can do better. We can do different. We need to modify…[officials] need to get together and say, ‘How do we prevent this from happening?’” Harmon says.

Some beachgoers Monday suggested that towns should keep lifeguards on duty later into the season.

“Maybe keep going through the weekends or until the water gets cold. Something like that,” says surfer Joey O’Malley.

Harmon says that he would like to see some sort of plan before next beach season begins.