🎃 Halloween Whale Watch | October 31, 2026 🐋
Our first whale sighting was right at the dock in Belmar, New Jersey. One of our passengers came dressed as an orca! A whole group showed up as sea creatures, and once we got the Jersey Girl underway, our passengers saw three humpback whales.
Just off Belmar, we watched two humpbacks swimming side by side. We recognized one of them, NYC 0503, by the old propeller scar on its dorsal fin. That’s the same whale the Rutgers team tagged earlier in the week.
We headed south along the coast toward Sea Girt and found our third humpback off Spring Lake. Our passengers got a beautiful look when it lifted its tail high out of the water before diving. We also saw dolphins and two ocean sunfish, one shortly after leaving Belmar and another on the way home.
Thanks to all our passengers who spent Halloween with us, especially the ones who figured out how to get down the dock in flippers! 🎃
