Bill McKim’s Jersey Shore Whale Watch Tour
We guarantee you will see a whale
Passenger Linda write our review today:
With a storm coming in for the late afternoon/evening, I wondered what type of whale watching day it would be. Well the water was rougher than yesterday but it was okay and at times like a ride on a small roller coaster. The kids on the boat were having a great time! First some dolphins were seen but we kept going north. Then we saw another pod but in a little bit we headed north. Found whale # 267 from yesterday. He has a mostly white tail. He decided to do some tail throwing and also gave us a lot of stinky whale breathe. After a while, there was a whale to the north and off we went. We were a distance away and you could see it breaching/lunge feeding . Once nearby, we’re were treated to some spectacular lunge feeding. That was so cool and amazing. A little boy next to me, who told be he never saw a whale, was speechless when he saw the whale. He just kept pointing to the whale and said “ooh, ooh, ooh I
On the way back we saw 2 dolphin pods and I was at the back of the boat. The dolphins were riding the waves and having a blast! I was very excited to see this! Back to the dock but when we were near the inlet, it started raining pretty hard. Even the rain could not bit a damper on this terrific whale watching and dolphin day!
4 whales today here is passenger Sandy’s report:
We watched one whale off of Long Branch for a long time today. It was so close to shore that it didn’t do much. No tail or anything. At one point we were waiting for it to surface and it came up quite a distance away. Then we saw another smaller whale closer to the boat. The bait fish were jumping like crazy as that whale swam through them. Trish said it was a minke whale. They are faster than humpbacks. After we went back to the first whale for a short time we headed back south. As we were coming close to Asbury Park we saw another blow right in front of us. We found our 3rd whale. It was also close to shore. At one point it swam under the bow, right in front of me. AND finally it did a deep dive and we got to see its tail. We watched for it one more time. Got another tail shot before we had to head back home. It was a beautiful day on the water. So unexpectedly calm after the 8-10 ft waves we had yesterday.
As per Linda
On a beautiful day, you go whale watching. Today Sandy spotted the whale first!!!! It was off of Long Branch. This whale would hang out a lot on the surface and then do a deeper dive. Hanging near the surface allowed for viewing the pectoral flippers that seem to glow a beon green under the water but they are white. His tail is unique so they should easily be able to identify it. Stayed with the whale but then it was time to leave him alone. Looked for other mammals but no luck. Passed by Asbury Park and the music festival. Able to hear the music in our boat! After that, back to the dock. There were many birthday celebrations aboard the boat as well as the RU female gymnastics team. We all got to see a whale and have a whale of a good time!
We had two sets of wheels off of the sea bright deal New Jersey beach area on Wednesday a wonderful trip beautiful skies beautiful fall weather nice size crowd about 60 passengers everyone enjoyed a beautiful day in the ocean seeing whales and dolphins a total of four humpback whales were seen our season runs through November hooky trips now we go four days a week if you want to book a private trip for your group give us a call you know we just put your individual tickets right here on the website Jersey sure will watch the original Jersey shore will watching tour see you soon
What an amazing season its been, our best ever
Linda writes:
Once again, many first time whale watching passengers who says that they never knew whales were in the NJ area. Well, now they know! We went north out of the inlet and kept heading north towards the Highlands and Sandy Hook. Sure enough, first one whale and then another on opposite sides of the boat. They met up for a little bit and then went their own way. We stayed on the one that was away from the shore and it was # 16 which was last seen on Saturday’s trip. Learned that he had been in the Canadian feeding grounds in the past. He was moving more quickly today than Saturday and we witnessed one lunge feed. Then it was time to head back and as we were already past Long Branch, there was another whale! Saw him a few times and then continued on as we needed to catch the bridge and we already had an extra 1/2 hour. No dolphins on this whale watch but on the dolphin watch in the morning there were dolphins and a whale. It is amazing how on each trip, when we see a whale, the passengers all let out ohs and ahs. At the end of the trip, when Danielle asks who saw a humpback whale, besides a verbal response, the passengers clap! It was another fun day and hopefully about 2 more months of whale watching ahead as the whales start to migrate south.
Sunday 9/4/22 Species Report
2 humpback whales 🐋
30+ bottlenose dolphins 🐬
And a flying tuna!
Sandy writes the report:
We found another whale off of Long Branch today. This time it was #91. He was a little more cooperative and zig zagged back and forth on both sides of the both. He did a bunch of deep dives so everyone got to see his tail. A one point I was looking out the front of the boat waiting for the whale to come back up when I saw a what we think was a tuna jump way out of the water. It looked like it was at least 3 feet long. It was so cool.
Another whale was spotted a little farther south so we went to check it out. It didn’t do much either. Just kept swimming south. Then some dolphins showed up closer to the beach. At one point they started swimming towards the boat. Thought they were going to go under and pop up on the other side but they never did. The whale and dolphins were surfacing together at one point. Now that the trip finally got interesting Captain Alan decided it was time to get back. Really bummed since it was still only 3:30 and we were a little north of Asbury Park so didn’t have far to go. We had to leave the bow since it would get rough when going faster, so missed the shots of the whale and dolphins together. Saw a few more dolphin from the back of the boat on the way back.
Here are a few of passenger Sandy’s photos
Frequent passenger Linda writes her review of SUNDAYS TRIP
Another day, another water adventure. Interesting that so many people on this trip were first time whale watchers. Off we went towards the north and by 2:09 we were on whale # 91. This whale has been around a lot this year and I have seen him several times. He showed his tail often and both sides of the boat got to see him. After awhile, a passenger saw a whale to the south and we headed that way. Actually getting us closer to Belmar. This seemed like a smaller whale. There was quite a bit of bait fish around but no evidence of feeding at the surface. Then things became interesting as dolphins appeared. Also some other fish jumped (maybe tuna). The whale seemed to be interacting with the dolphins but shortly afterwards it was time to head home. Went to Federico’s and sat outside to eat by 4:30. The passengers all seemed to have enjoyed this trip as they saw 2 whales and dolphins.
Here are some of Lindas photos from Sunday Sept 4th 2022
From passenger Sandy:
We saw two whales today, which is great, but the best part of whale watching is the people you meet. I got there early as usual and wasn’t even the first one there. Met some very nice people that drove from Binghamton. Another couple from Montreal was visiting friends. There were lots of people who were whale watching for the first time. Everyone was excited to see whales. We found our first whale pretty quickly just south of Long Branch. Unfortunately this whale was on a mission and didn’t want anything to do with us. It was an older whale, #16. It was first spotted in 2014. It would blow a couple times and then do a deep dive. After a while it would pop back up quite a distance away. It was impossible to get a close look at him. After 4 or 5 times seeing him from a distance we headed north in search of another whale.
We found a younger whale up near Atlantic Highlands. We were able to get closer to it and while we idled it came up near the boat a few times giving everyone a great look at it. At one point they were going to wait until it surfaced again so they could get it on the other side of the boat and give people on that side a chance to see it also. Before it did, Danielle said they just saw it on the fish finder going under the boat. Then a minute or two later it came up on the other side pretty close again. It surfaced a few times and then did a deep dive so we were able to see its tail as our final farewell. Unfortunately it was time to head back, but thankfully Captain Alan gave us an extra half hour to hang with that second whale. It was a beautiful day to be on the water.
