Starting today,  July 1, Georgia Department of Natural Resources game wardens will be enforcing a new 200-foot law for any wakeboards or wake surfers. That’s roughly two-thirds the length of a football field that any boat creating a wake and can be surfed has to stay away from virtually anything else on the shoreline.

The long-standing 100-foot rule still applies to any other boats and vessels moving on the water. The other big thing officers will be looking for over the next few days is anyone boating under the influence.

Last year on Georgia waterways, 80 people died from either boating accidents or drownings. This year, there have been 28 deaths. Officials want to keep that number from growing through the holiday.