High Surf Advisory is in effect through Thursday, with the risk of dangerous rip currents stretching across local beaches.

How to float on their back: "Floating on your back is a really important skill, not just for water safety but mastering buoyancy and balance," says Jones.

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Skills taught in the class include how to tread water, back float, safely submerge your face in the water, and how to swim 10 feet without assistance, amongst others.

But it's seeing children like Laci -- who went back for her second float test -- that convinces most people. The Houston Swim Club has taught almost 50,000 children to back float or swim in the ...

"By teaching the back float, they can fall in the water, roll over, and they can sustain that as long as necessary until a parent comes and finds them," said Tracy Laman, director of the Houston ...