Real updates from our most recent trips — what we saw, where we went, and what’s showing up this week.
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🌊 Trip Report: Saturday, November 15, 2025 Jersey Shore Whale Watch – Aboard the Jersey Girl Belmar, New Jersey We headed down to the boat this morning with high expectations and full camera gear, knowing we only have a handful of trips left this season. At this time of year, every whale sighting feels extra […]
November 4th Trip Report – Election Day Whale Watch We had an amazing group onboard today from the Manalapan High School science classes, and what a trip they picked! The students were treated to four different humpback whales, all feeding just one to two miles off the beaches of Spring Lake, Sea Girt, and Manasquan. […]
🐋 Whale Watching Report — Sunday, November 2, 2025 Belmar, New Jersey We had a bubble feeder today! Today’s lucky passengers aboard the Jersey Girl witnessed one of the ocean’s most amazing sights — a juvenile humpback whale bubble feeding! This fascinating behavior happens when a whale releases a spiral of bubbles to trap schools […]
🌊 Trip Report: Saturday, November 15, 2025 Jersey Shore Whale Watch – Aboard the Jersey Girl Belmar, New Jersey We headed down to the boat this morning with high expectations and full camera gear, knowing we only have a handful of trips left this season. At this time of year, every whale sighting feels extra […]
November 4th Trip Report – Election Day Whale Watch We had an amazing group onboard today from the Manalapan High School science classes, and what a trip they picked! The students were treated to four different humpback whales, all feeding just one to two miles off the beaches of Spring Lake, Sea Girt, and Manasquan. […]
🐋 Whale Watching Report — Sunday, November 2, 2025 Belmar, New Jersey We had a bubble feeder today! Today’s lucky passengers aboard the Jersey Girl witnessed one of the ocean’s most amazing sights — a juvenile humpback whale bubble feeding! This fascinating behavior happens when a whale releases a spiral of bubbles to trap schools […]
🐋 Whale Watching Report — Saturday, November 1, 2025 Belmar, New Jersey We went whale watching yesterday knowing it might be a challenge to find whales so soon after a major coastal storm — but that’s what makes every trip so exciting, you never know what you’ll see out there! Not long after leaving the […]
Fall Whale Watching Trip Report – Belmar to Asbury Park 🐋 There are only a few weeks left in our Jersey Shore Whale Watch season, and fall continues to deliver incredible experiences! Today felt cooler than yesterday with clouds rolling in, but that didn’t stop us from having another unforgettable day on the ocean. We […]
🐋 Whale Watching Trip Report — Saturday, Belmar to Manasquan Coastline What a spectacular October day to be on the ocean! The Jersey Shore Whale Watch team set sail today aboard the Jersey Girl, our big red boat based right here in Belmar, New Jersey. The fall ocean conditions could not have been more perfect […]
The Pop That Changed My Life: Surviving a Hemorrhagic Stroke On the morning of July 1, 2018, I heard a faint pop in the back of my head. Minutes later an intense headache hit, the walls began to move, and my balance vanished. As someone who lives on the ocean running a whale-watching company, I […]
Ocean Surprises off the Jersey Shore: Our Encounter with a Mola Mola This week’s whale-watching trip was another reminder that every day on the ocean is an adventure. We left the dock under bright skies but with a brisk wind that made for a choppy start as the Jersey Girl headed south out of the […]
🐋 MTMS Eco Explorers Set Sail for a Whale-Watching Adventure with Jersey Shore Whale Watch Belmar, NJ — October 17, 2025 It was an unforgettable day on the ocean for the Manchester Township Middle School Eco Explorers Club, who joined the crew of the Jersey Girl for an educational whale-watching trip along the Jersey Shore […]
Trip Report – Friday, October 10, 2025 There’s a reason Jersey Shore Whale Watch has earned over 2,000 five-star reviews on Google — our crew goes above and beyond to make every trip unforgettable. Today’s three-hour tour turned into nearly four hours on the water, and our guests were rewarded with an incredible variety of […]
Trip Report – Tuesday, October 7 We had a wonderful two-hour dolphin tour today aboard the Jersey Girl! Guests enjoyed seeing two large pods of dolphins — one just outside the inlet and another about 4 miles offshore. It was a lively, windy trip with plenty of sunshine, excitement, and even some breaching dolphins showing […]
October 4, 2025 Another AMAZING day!!! We saw TWO humpback whales, a MINKE whale, hundreds of #dolphins and even a bluefin #tuna!! More and more #whales keep showing up off the #jerseyshore! We LOVE #fall #whalewatching!! And guess what! WE HAVE ANOTHER TRIP TOMORROW!!!! Belmar Beach NJ Gotham Whale #humpbackwhales #njwhales #yolo
