Two New Jersey lawmakers want water safety to be taught in schools after a particularly deadly summer. 

State Sen. Bob Singer and Assemblyman Sean Kean want students to be able to identify rip currents. 

Six people died between June and July due to rip currents in New Jersey, and rip currents have killed at least 40 people along U.S. beaches so far this year.

Preliminary data from the National Weather Service show Florida leads the nation this year with 11 deaths. New Jersey and Texas had six, and North Carolina had five rip current deaths by the end of July.

Beachgoers shouldn't swim on unguarded beaches and, if caught in a current, swim parallel to shore.

Data shows that drownings are the fifteenth leading cause of accidental death in the U.S.